Anticipating Garbage Surge, Depok Deploys 40 Garbage Trucks During Eid

March 30, 2025 | 09:26 am

TEMPO.CO, Depok - The Department of Environment and Sanitation (DLHK) of Depok City in West Java deploys 40 truck fleets to anticipate the surge of garbage during the Eid al-Fitr holiday of 1446 Hijri. Dozens of trucks have been deployed since today, March 29, 2025, or 2 days before Eid, until 2 April.

The head of DLHK Depok City, Abdul Rahman, said his team is anticipating the surge of garbage during Eid, based on previous years' experiences. "Our garbage handling task force is deployed 24 hours," he said when confirmed on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

The cleaning personnel of DLHK Depok City will only have a day off on March 31 or Eid day. They will return to work on the first day after Eid and so on. The environmental cleanliness team of DLHK Depok already includes 500 street sweepers or pesapons recruited with varying working hours.

"We have a total of 700 cleaning crews on standby. Then 40 out of the total 157 fleets," said Abdul.

He mentioned that the surge of garbage often occurs around the railway area and the surprise market (pop-up market) location. During Eid in 2024, there was an increase in the garbage surge to 150 tons compared to regular times. "If the composition is stable, about 50-60 percent is organic waste. The rest is below 45 percent non-organic," he said.

The Jakarta Department of Environment and Sanitation also deploys 2,906 cleaning personnel to maintain the cleanliness of the city during the night of Takbiran, Eid day 2025, and its holiday period. Personnel will be placed at various points, including Temporary Waste Storage Sites (TPS), tourist locations, and public areas.

The head of DLH Jakarta, Asep Kuswanto, said that 89 units of automatic road sweepers, 35 units of toilet buses, and 20 portable toilets were prepared. "We are preparing about 70 personnel in each district," said Asep in a written statement on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

The cleaning team focuses on emptying the TPS before Eid. They will be actively cleaning the streets manually and with road sweepers on Eid day. After that, the cleaning will focus on tourist locations such as Monas (National Monument), Kota Tua (Old Town), Ragunan, Ancol, and so on.

Defara Dhanya contributed to the writing of this article.

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