Be A Hero and Gain Profits Through Recycling
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Only 16.23% of Indonesia’s garbage can be reduced, reused, or recycled in 2020, according to statistics from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK). The remaining 34.60% of waste is handled, meaning they are disposed of in landfills or burned, bringing the country’s overall waste management to 54.15%. Did you know that you could help increase this percentage by recycling while earning profits from it?
There are tons of start-ups in Indonesia that made a digital waste management app where users can participate in a recycling program by selling their trash and gain some cash from it based on the weight or amount of the waste sold. For example, an app called eRecycle has implemented this strategy since 2019, where users around JABODETABEK can sell their waste, such as plastics, paper, glass, metal, and even cooking oil. eRecycle will send their fleet to pick up user’s waste and reward them with points based on the weight of the waste, which later on can be exchanged for several rewards like cash, e-wallet, and many more. Other than that, users can choose to donate through the app because eRecycle worked with Garnier in protecting and improving the environment. There are also other apps that have similar features, such as Siklus Hijau, Octopus Indonesia, Rapel ID, and many more, according to the covered region.
The waste that is often recycled is used as a cooking oil because it has quite a large profit for users, starting from 4.000-5.000 Rupiah per Kilogram. This oil is priced quite expensive because the European Union will reduce the use of fresh palm oil for biodiesel due to deforestation, so the substitute used is cooking oil to make biodiesel. A great example of converting trash to energy and taking a more environmentally friendly approach to energy production is using leftover cooking oil to make biodiesel. As an alternative to conventional fossil fuels, biodiesel is renewable, biodegradable, and has a cleaner burn.
Indonesia aims to handle the remaining 70% of trash by 2025, with at least 30% of it being reduced, reused, and recycled. By using one of those apps, we can help to increase the percentage of recycled waste and make some profits from it. If you had the chance to do so, which waste would you sell?
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