Magalarva is Partnering with Super Indo
In commemoration of National Waste Awareness Day 2020, the leading national supermarket chain in Indonesia, Super Indo, introduced various waste management initiatives designed as the big #ZerotoLandfill program.
This is a form of Super Indo's business commitment to being environmentally friendly. The program is devoted to organic waste management that can provide value and benefits to society.
On this occasion, Super Indo also signed a collaboration with waste management partners namely FoodBank of Indonesia, Magalarva and Delta Hijau Abadi which was witnessed by representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and national media crews.
”Right now, we are facing the problem of accumulation of waste which can have a negative impact on the surrounding environment. It is time for us to move forward in handling waste intelligently and truly understand that waste can also provide benefits," said Johan Boeljenga, Chief Executive Officer of Super Indo in Jakarta, 28 February 2020.
"We at Super Indo implement an environmentally friendly method of waste management in all of our operational activities, and of course this is also a form of our support for the government in fighting waste," he continued.
According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, it is estimated that Indonesia will produce 66-67 million tons of waste in 2019. The composition of waste is dominated by organic waste, which accounts for 60 percent of total waste. Plastic waste occupies the second position with 15 percent and other waste consists of paper, rubber, metal, cloth, glass and other types of waste.
According to D. Yuvllinda Susanta, Head of Corporate Affairs 8: Sustainability Super Indo, in the grocery supermarket business, organic waste is usually seen as waste with no value at all and must be immediately disposed of in a landfill or TPA.
“Super Indo used to have the same thought, but now we believe that organic waste should not be seen as a source of environmental pollution that must be immediately disposed of in a landfill or incinerated in an incinerator, because this can cause other pollution problems. Instead, organic waste must be managed so that it is useful and useful," he said.
Since 2016, Super Indo has implemented a waste management program with an environmentally friendly concept. For this type of organic waste, which is much higher in volume, Super Indo makes two priority phases for handling.
The first is processing organic waste into valuable products and the second is utilizing organic waste for social activities.
In carrying out these priorities, Super Indo manages three types of organic waste that are mostly generated in operational activities, namely fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, used cooking oil waste, from food and beverage products that are still good but cannot be sold.
"In carrying out this #ZerotoLanfill program, of course we are not working alone. We are assisted by several waste management partners who handle each type of waste," explained Yuvlinda.
"And to officially carry out this partnership, today we are conducting an MOU Signing with partners, namely FoodBank of Indonesia and Magalarva to carry out organic waste management so that it is valuable and useful," he continued.
The management of some of the waste that is run by Super Indo with partners Magalarva and Delta Hijau Abadi produces products that have economic value because they use the circular economy concept. Meanwhile, with FoodBank of Indonesia, the concept that was carried out was using food to help underprivileged communities and disaster victims.