Jakarta, June 28 -- Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has demanded that the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) facility in Rorotan, North Jakarta, begin full operations in July to convert sorted waste into alternative fuel.

"We want the facility to be activated by July, considering that the infrastructure has proven to be adequate," he remarked after inspecting waste management efforts in North Jakarta on Saturday.

Nurofiq emphasized the need to ensure that the Rorotan RDF plant processes strictly non-organic waste, consistent with the facility's original design.

He underscored the importance of proper waste sorting to prevent a recurrence of issues encountered during an earlier trial phase when odor pollution from organic waste cont...