Jakarta, Feb. 17 -- Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has urged all regional governments to promptly complete the waste management roadmap, following the example set by the Jakarta Provincial Government.

"Within the next month, we will request all provincial governments and all district and city governments that have not completed their waste resolution roadmap (to complete it)," he told the press in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Monday.

On that occasion, he expressed appreciation to the Jakarta Provincial Government for completing the roadmap and acknowledged North Jakarta as a model for implementation.

The roadmap is essential, as Jakarta is one of the barometers for resolving the national waste issue, setting an example f...