Photo : The “Zero Waste Warrior” webinar on Friday (2/21)
JAKARTA – Korindo Group’s Learning & Innovation Center (LIC) honored this year’s National Waste Awareness Day with a waste management webinar on Wednesday (2/26). Titled “No Longer an Issue: Effective Strategies for Sustainable Waste Management”, this virtual seminar was part of a larger event called “Zero Waste Warrior” and involved external speakers from Sekolah Sampah Nusantara (Nusantara Waste School in English), an institution initiated by Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry.
The session is also a demonstration of Korindo Group’s commitment to eco-friendly business practices. “Zero Waste Warrior” took place in the spirit of sustainability, featuring activities like this webinar and the following “household waste handling” competition.
“Managing trash is no easy job, but we hope to create best practices for all our subsidiaries and improve living standards from sustainable handling of discarded goods. These moves align with our senior vice chairman’s mandate of innovation,” said Setiyono, Head of LIC.
“No Longer an Issue: Effective Strategies for Sustainable Waste Management” was inspired by a 2024 data from National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN). It found that 13,167,908 tons of domestic waste were not adequately disposed last year, and food and plastic scraps dominated this number.
Food residues are biodegradable, which means they self-decompose. On the contrary, plastics do not break down, even after hundreds of years.
Photo: All eyes were on the presentation about waste handling methods
Commonly found in homes, these materials become the center of the waste handling contest dubbed “Kompetisi Pengelolaan Sampah Domestik yang Sesuai Regulasi dan Ramah Lingkungan” (Environmentally-friendly, Law-compliant Management of Domestic Waste). This event is open to Korindo Group’s companies.
Slated between February 27 and August 31, 2025, it will be followed by third-party evaluation. Through this series of events, Korindo Group hopes to show that environmental protection and life quality improvement are a major focus of its operations. (Env-LIC HO)
