Plastic waste in Kober Cemetery, Gempol Sari Village, Tangerang Regency, scattered after the Nyekar tradition on the second day of Eid.

Tangerang - After the "Nyekar" tradition on the second day of Eid, April 23, 2023/2 Syawal 1444 Hijriyah, plastic waste was scattered around the Kober public cemetery, Gempol Sari Village, Tangerang Regency.

Plastic waste filled every side of the largest TPU in this village. Plastic waste, which is used to wrap flowers used for pilgrimage to the grave, can be seen at the entrance of the grave as well as on the right and left sides of the grave.

"As a pilgrim, I find it difficult to dispose of garbage because there is no special place, if possible for all pilgrims after sowing flowers, the plastic waste should be taken away, not placed next to the grave." Said Dila, one of the residents," Sunday (23/4/23).

Plastic used by flower vendors is one of the problems that can damage the soil ecosystem if used excessively and disposed of out of place. Considering that this type of waste is very difficult to be decomposed by the soil. But unfortunately, there are still many residents who let the garbage scattered in the cemetery area.

 

"Indeed, the landfills here are only a few in number and cannot accommodate this much plastic waste, I hope there is an appeal from the government so that this flower wrap plastic is replaced with more environmentally friendly materials," said the Kober TPU caretaker.

From our monitoring, the same thing also happened in several other TPUs in Greater Tangerang, both cities and regencies.

If this happens in all TPUs, there will be overall environmental damage. Therefore, there should be a solution provided by the government regarding this plastic waste, whether it is by adding bins that are differentiated according to the type of waste or changing the use of plastic to use more environmentally friendly materials and self-awareness from the community to be ashamed of littering.