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JESC NEWSNo.16Jun, 2013

The 5th 3R Conference for Asian Local Governments was held successfully,
and the sixth conference will be held in 2014

JESC has held the 3R Conference for AsianLocal Governments since 2008. The fifth
successful conference was held on January 29,
2013, at the Kawasaki City IndustrialPromotion Hall. At the end of conference, theKawasaki Declaration was adopted toconfirm these main points:- a comprehensive movement withcommunity participation- the importance of quantitative evaluationand creating a database- building appropriate waste management
technology by referring to pioneeringcities- an information platform is expected to be
set up to explore institutional andtechnological trends- support from central governments andinternational organizations
At this valuable occasion, participantsfrom Asia and Japan’s local governments
built a firm network for sharing experiences
and obtained knowledge for processing 3R
more effectively.

The 5th 3R Conference for
Asian Local Governments
Organizer: Japan Environmental Sanitation
Center (JESC)
Co-organizers: Kawasaki City, Japan’s
Ministry of the Environment, the TokyoMetropolitan Government
Participating cities: Kawasaki City, Tokyo
Metropolitan Government, Okayama City,
Kitakyushu City, Chiba City, Nagoya City,
Bandung (Indonesia), Solid Waste andPublic
CleansingManagement
Corporation of Malaysia, Yangon,Cauayan (Philippines), Bangkok, Ho Chi
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Now it’s Time to “Do”—Strategic Use of 3R
through Evaluation
The sixth conference will be held with thetheme “3R Activity and Methods for Its
Evaluation” with support from central andlocal governments as well as internationalorganizations. It is significant that a databaseon solid waste management has been created,
and it is beneficial to share the good practicesof pioneering cities that have succeeded insetting up data on waste management toimprove their performance. Throughout theinteractive dialogues of the conference andthe workshop, participants will be able toachieve specific approaches and technicalknow-how for waste management problemresolution.

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Tentative Program of the 6th 3R Conference
for Asian Local Governments
Day 1: Conference with presentations byparticipants
Day 2: Workshops with academics andJapanese experts
Day 3: Site observation
Let’s Move Forward on 3R Together!
More details will be announced soon. You canalso obtain information on the previous firstthrough fifth conferences atwww.jesc.or.jp/en/3r_conference.

(Yoshiko MATSUMURA)

JESC Team: Back from Field Trip to Padang

I visited Padang as a member of the JESC
team for the follow-up study of the 3R
Conference for Asian Local Governments.
JESC invited two participants from Padang
to the fourth and fifth conferences. We hadplanned to invite a participant from Padang
to the third conference, but unfortunately thecity was hit by a large earthquake in 2009
and the participant could not attend. So at thefourth conference, we invited a participantfrom Padang and one from Sendai—bothcities had been struck by earthquake
disasters—to organize a disaster waste
management session. During my visit I foundplaces where the earthquake damage had notbeen repaired.

loaded into a large truck after recyclable
waste has been picked out; it is then carried
to a landfill site. Each household pays acharge for this collection service bundledwith the water bill.

I observed the solid waste
management sites accompanied by Mr. Didi,Mr. Hendra, and Ms. Titin. In Padang, as inmost cities in Indonesia, waste is collectedby the community using handcarts and is
carried to the so-called depo, where waste is

I also visited a school, where I waswelcomed with handshakes by the students.
In Padang, they conduct school education
through waste banks. They have changed thedirty image of waste into an image of value
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converted into money. Students collect waste
around the school and separate organic wastefrom inorganic waste. I also visited a wastebank operated by the community. There areseveral waste banks in Padang, and they
intend to increase the number of these banks.
As I mentioned, people in Padang
have been positively conducting recycling
activities not only in the community but also
at schools. I asked Ms. Titin, who is incharge of waste recycling in Padang, to write
about the waste banks in more detail.

（Takashi MIYAGAWA）

3R Application in Padang CityPadang is one of the most populated
and the largest city in the west coast of
Sumatera Island and produces 1,724.31m3 or665.75 tons waste per day. Waste transported
to landfill site is about 1,036m3 or 400 tons
per day. There is about 688m3 or 265 tons
waste per day that is not carrying to landfill
site, and they are becoming pollution sourceof land, water and air as people throw it intorivers and drainages, left on streets orburned.
Therefore, it is deeply needed someapproaches to avoid greater problems in thefuture.
One approach on 3R application inPadang
iscommunity
participation
enhancement. It is running throughAdiwiyata Program which is addressed forany level of school, and waste bank which isaddressed for community. Basically, theseapproaches are developed base on educationand habituation. Through education, thepublic be expected to understand theprinciple of and active in 3R (reduce – reuse– recycle) practice, and able to see waste in
two side - pollutant or raw material(economic opportunity). Through habituation,
the public be expected to be discipline toby : Titin Masfetrin

handle their waste.
Until year 2012, Environmental
Management Agency (Bapedalda) of Padang
has been carrying out Adiwiyata Program to68 schools and developing 7 waste banks.
These 2 forms of community participation
have cut down waste pile about 69m3 (4%)
per day and $14.662,- as turnover per year,
by reduce, reuse and recycle process.
Adiwiyata Program and waste bank get agoodattention
fromschools
andcommunities because they are competed.
Especially for Adiwiyata Program, it iscontested until national level, where thepresident will give the award directly to thewinner. In addition to that, Padang local
government gives some facilities to them,such as training, building, machines, andkind of equipments.
On next period, the targets for themare: (1) Establishment of waste management
education, (2) Realization of zero waste inschool zones and residential areas, (3)Realization of waste recycle and waste bankas economic choice. With the developmentof educational methods and habituation, it isexpected to cut down waste pile of Padang
until 14% in year 2018.
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■ Japan Environmental Sanitation Center“Promoting technical transfer in the field of Venous Industry”
Since FY 2011, The Ministry of the Environment
Japan (MOEJ) has been implementing “The Projectfor Supporting the Incubation of Firms in the Fieldof Venous Industry and Promoting the Spread ofJapanese Waste Management and Recycling
Technologies Overseas”
As the title shows, this project aims to promotetechnical transfer in the field of Venous Industry toadvance 3R and environmental measures in global
scale.
We Japan Environmental Sanitation Center(JESC) has been implementing a part of this projectsuch as transmission of information (Brochure,DVD, etc), organizing Japan booth to support PR
activity of Japanese cooperation at exhibition inforeign countries, organizing Forum, andorganizing training course in Japan, etc.
Training courses in Japan aims to promote
overseas development of Japanese Venous Industry
by inviting counterpart and deepen theirunderstanding of Japanese waste management
policy, system and technologies.
This year, we organized three training courses topromote Feasibility Study, and one another one
course to promote bilateral cooperation withIndonesia. Participants from eight countries(Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippine, Turkey,

China and Indonesia) joined the training course.
In each a week-long training course, besides thelectures about Japanese waste management systemand technology, participants visited facilities
related to each Feasibility Study such as Incinerator,
Industrial waste disposal facility, Food waste
recycling facility, PCB recycling facility located invarious places in Japan.
We hope such as Japanese technology take rootto other countries and can be useful for promoting
environmental measure around the world.

(Kana NAKAMURA)

Editor’s Comment-Unsung HeroesIn this issue, we present three articles and one letter.
The articles are selected as the most important eventsof our JESC activities during the year, and the letter,from Ms. Titin of Padang, is the greatest gift for me.
The follow-up study tour was very effective inunderstanding the waste problem in Asia. On thisstudy tour we could exchange opinions with eachother in order to resolve the problems that the cities
have.

After this study tour, we JESC members attended theregional 3R forum in Hanoi. At this conference wemade a presentation from our 3R Conference for
Asian Local Governments. I learned many things fromthe discussions at this conference. Among them, I
want to emphasis one thing. There are unsung heroes
in the field of waste management in every country. I
think unsung heroes have to sing their own songs andmake records of their own works. I am anticipating
your own song. See you!
(Hideaki FUJIYOSHI)

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Publisher: Akio OKUMURA
Editor: Hideaki FUJIYOSHI
Staff: T. Miyagawa, S. Hayami,K. Nakamura, Y. Matsumura
Published by: Japan Environmental
Sanitation Center (JESC)

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