The Suwung TPA landfill in Bali has started accepting organic waste again, but with restrictions. Local authorities have agreed with Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment on a temporary arrangement: both wet and dry organic waste can be taken there again, but only twice a week and only until 31 July 2026.
The decision was made after a meeting with the local waste hauliers’ association and a protest in which around 400 rubbish trucks drove to the office of the environmental centre in Denpasar.
From 1 April, Suwung stopped accepting organic waste, leaving only non-organic waste and residual waste. The authorities said this was part of a shift to a new system in which food and other organic waste should be processed directly in households.
In practice, the transition turned out to be too abrupt. In the first two weeks after the ban, organic waste began to build up at sorting and processing sites in Denpasar and Badung, and hauliers said they simply had nowhere to unload the waste they had collected. This was the main reason for the talks on 16 April.
There will be no full return to the previous system. For now, this is a temporary concession with strict limits: the specific intake days for the coming weeks still need to be set separately. Suwung is still being prepared for full closure from 1 August 2026.
Source: infodenpasar.id
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