- Antara/ Andika Wahyu
VIVAnews - A Malaysia-based company outlines plan of waste management in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. According to the plan, the waste will be processed into fuel.
Chief of Sanitation and Parks Agency of Samarinda, Marwansyah, said the Malaysian company has presented the outline.
"If a feasibility study over the plan finds a good result, and it is appropriate to build waste processor in Samarinda, a partnership agreement will be signed," he said as quoted from tvOne today, July 1.
Marwansyah said the average waste produced in Samarinda reaches approximately 1,200 cubic meters per day. Of the amount, there will be selection process to separate dry waste from wet ones. The useful waste will be those made of plastic.
In Korea, plastic waste has been processed into fuel. 23 tons of plastic waste can put out 30 thousand liters of diesel fuel.
According to Marwansyah, processing plastic waste into oil is the best solution in Samarinda.
"After the separation is done, 1,200 cubic meters of waste may produce 10 thousand liters of fuel," he said.
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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W