Residents Around the Rorotan RDF Plant Complain of Odor, the Solution is that Waste Must Be Disposed of

JAKARTA – The problem of garbage odor at the RDF Plant in Jakarta, Rorotan, Cilincing, North Jakarta, has not been completely resolved by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. The reason is that until now, the handling of garbage at the RDF Plant in Jakarta is still being protested by the people around the location.

In fact, the plan to procure compactor trucks and land procurement at the RDF Plant Jakarta carried out by the government is said to be less effective.

“According to us, it is not a crucial thing. Moreover, in the current economic conditions, which are not going well, the dollar is high, fuel prices are also rising. It is not the right solution to add compactor trucks,” said member of the Working Team for Monitoring the Operation (TKPKP) RDF Plant Jakarta, Wahyu Andre when confirmed, Sunday, June 28, 2026.

Wahyu assessed that the plan to add compactor trucks would later increase the cost of solar and gasoline. Meanwhile, the current condition of the world’s oil is high.

“In my opinion, it is unwise,” he said.

In fact, continued Wahyu, to reduce the problem of garbage odor at the Jakarta RDF Plant, the waste must be sorted before entering the Jakarta RDF Plant.

“As long as what is transported is dry waste products, it will not smell, using an open container is actually no problem. But if it uses wet waste, which is not sorted. Of course it needs a truck (compactor),” he said.

Previously, residents of Rorotan Village protested again regarding the plan for the management of waste to a maximum capacity of 2,500 tons per day at the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plant Jakarta, Rorotan, Cilincing, North Jakarta.

Residents assessed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and the DPRD and the sub-committee had ignored the aspects of the environment and the health of residents in pursuit of the quota target alone.

Residents are concerned that the target of 2,500 tons of garbage per day at the RDF Plant Jakarta will add to the unpleasant smell and disrupt the comfort and health of residents around.

It is just known, the North Jakarta Environmental Service Tribe stated that the cause of the unpleasant smell in the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) 3R Rorotan Cilincing was because organic waste was mixed with inorganic waste.

“Let it not smell, it must be sorted. Our household waste must be sorted. If the inorganic waste goes to RDF, I am sure there will be no smell. If it is mixed with organic, it will definitely smell in a day,” said North Jakarta Environmental Sub-Director, Edi Mulyanto, Saturday, January 24, 2026.

Edi appealed to the public, especially in North Jakarta, to separate the types of household waste to be disposed of first, do not mix them immediately.

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