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Nearly 300 regional administrations have received administrative sanctions from the Environment Ministry for operating their landfills using an open dumping approach, leaving the garbage unprocessed.
People collect waste on April 17 at the Suwung landfill in Denpasar, Bali. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
The Environment Ministry has asserted that most landfills operating the country are not following the adequate environmental standards, warning regional administrations to expedite work in improving the waste management in their regions.
