MWRP Indonesia: Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Semarang City Waste Management and Recycling

Working closely with Semarang’s Environmental Agency and the corporation Indofood –among other companies that package products in plastic –the BINTARI Foundation is strengthening the community’s management of solid waste and plastic recycling and is helping the packaging industry test models for promoting recycling practices that reduce plastic waste among consumers.

Working closely with Semarang’s Environmental Agency and the corporation Indofood –among other companies that package products in plastic –the BINTARI Foundation is strengthening the community’s management of solid waste and plastic recycling and is helping the packaging industry test models for promoting recycling practices that reduce plastic waste among consumers.

The project is identifying approaches that encourage the collection and recycling of lower-value, single-use plastics. BINTARI is strengthening the community bank sampah (waste banks) operating in Semarang by linking them to private sector recyclers and coordinating garbage collection with the city solid waste management (SWM) operation.