Jakarta, March 19 -- Governor of Jakarta Pramono Anung Wibowo has said that he expects adjustments to be made to the tipping fee for waste disposal to draw investor interest in building incinerators, which can support efforts to manage waste.

Currently, the tipping rate in Jakarta is USD13.5 per ton, which is considered too low to encourage the construction of incinerator facilities.

"It turns out that no one dares to build a waste-to-energy plant with an incinerator," he said at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Disposal Site, Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday.

Pramono further said he is optimistic that if the tipping fee is adjusted by the central and regional governments, it would help resolve the waste problem not only in Jakarta, b...