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  1. Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] ·

    Environment: Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at Bantargebang Landfill, from Earthbuddies and Mongabay

    Indonesia is now facing a very serious waste problem. In March 2026, a terrible accident happened at the Bantargebang landfill near Jakarta. Seven sanitation workers died after a huge pile of garbage collapsed on them.

    The question is, have you ever wondered such kind of thing to ever happen in this civilized world? Let’s talk about it. Six other people were injured. Bantargebang is not a small landfill. It is the biggest landfill in Indonesia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. The area is as large as 200 football fields, and some mountains of trash are more than 50 meters high.

    After the disaster, many people started asking difficult questions. Why were workers still working in such dangerous conditions? Why had the landfill become so overloaded?

    Indonesian authorities then started criminal investigations against two former environmental officials connected to waste management problems in Jakarta and Bali.

    The tragedy became an important moment for Indonesia. It showed that the country’s waste crisis is no longer only about dirty streets or bad smells.

    It is now also about public safety, human lives, and environmental damage. President Prabowo Subianto later declared a national “war on waste” and promised major changes across the country.

    The post “Indonesia’s ‘War on Waste’ at the Bantargebang” appeared earlier on Earth Buddies. Read the whole piece at Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at the Bantargebang. The story was first published here and here in Indonesian on April 14 and 24, 2026.
    Rescue workers remove victims of the landslide of a mountain of rubbish found at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), Bekasi, West Java, Monday March 9, 2026. Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Darryl Ramadhan

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  2. Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] ·

    Environment: Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at Bantargebang Landfill, from Earthbuddies and Mongabay

    Indonesia is now facing a very serious waste problem. In March 2026, a terrible accident happened at the Bantargebang landfill near Jakarta. Seven sanitation workers died after a huge pile of garbage collapsed on them.

    The question is, have you ever wondered such kind of thing to ever happen in this civilized world? Let’s talk about it. Six other people were injured. Bantargebang is not a small landfill. It is the biggest landfill in Indonesia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. The area is as large as 200 football fields, and some mountains of trash are more than 50 meters high.

    After the disaster, many people started asking difficult questions. Why were workers still working in such dangerous conditions? Why had the landfill become so overloaded?

    Indonesian authorities then started criminal investigations against two former environmental officials connected to waste management problems in Jakarta and Bali.

    The tragedy became an important moment for Indonesia. It showed that the country’s waste crisis is no longer only about dirty streets or bad smells.

    It is now also about public safety, human lives, and environmental damage. President Prabowo Subianto later declared a national “war on waste” and promised major changes across the country.

    The post “Indonesia’s ‘War on Waste’ at the Bantargebang” appeared earlier on Earth Buddies. Read the whole piece at Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at the Bantargebang. The story was first published here and here in Indonesian on April 14 and 24, 2026.
    Rescue workers remove victims of the landslide of a mountain of rubbish found at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), Bekasi, West Java, Monday March 9, 2026. Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Darryl Ramadhan

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  3. Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] ·

    Environment: Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at Bantargebang Landfill, from Earthbuddies and Mongabay

    Indonesia is now facing a very serious waste problem. In March 2026, a terrible accident happened at the Bantargebang landfill near Jakarta. Seven sanitation workers died after a huge pile of garbage collapsed on them.

    The question is, have you ever wondered such kind of thing to ever happen in this civilized world? Let’s talk about it. Six other people were injured. Bantargebang is not a small landfill. It is the biggest landfill in Indonesia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. The area is as large as 200 football fields, and some mountains of trash are more than 50 meters high.

    After the disaster, many people started asking difficult questions. Why were workers still working in such dangerous conditions? Why had the landfill become so overloaded?

    Indonesian authorities then started criminal investigations against two former environmental officials connected to waste management problems in Jakarta and Bali.

    The tragedy became an important moment for Indonesia. It showed that the country’s waste crisis is no longer only about dirty streets or bad smells.

    It is now also about public safety, human lives, and environmental damage. President Prabowo Subianto later declared a national “war on waste” and promised major changes across the country.

    The post “Indonesia’s ‘War on Waste’ at the Bantargebang” appeared earlier on Earth Buddies. Read the whole piece at Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at the Bantargebang. The story was first published here and here in Indonesian on April 14 and 24, 2026.
    Rescue workers remove victims of the landslide of a mountain of rubbish found at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), Bekasi, West Java, Monday March 9, 2026. Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Darryl Ramadhan

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  4. Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] ·

    Environment: Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at Bantargebang Landfill, from Earthbuddies and Mongabay

    Indonesia is now facing a very serious waste problem. In March 2026, a terrible accident happened at the Bantargebang landfill near Jakarta. Seven sanitation workers died after a huge pile of garbage collapsed on them.

    The question is, have you ever wondered such kind of thing to ever happen in this civilized world? Let’s talk about it. Six other people were injured. Bantargebang is not a small landfill. It is the biggest landfill in Indonesia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. The area is as large as 200 football fields, and some mountains of trash are more than 50 meters high.

    After the disaster, many people started asking difficult questions. Why were workers still working in such dangerous conditions? Why had the landfill become so overloaded?

    Indonesian authorities then started criminal investigations against two former environmental officials connected to waste management problems in Jakarta and Bali.

    The tragedy became an important moment for Indonesia. It showed that the country’s waste crisis is no longer only about dirty streets or bad smells.

    It is now also about public safety, human lives, and environmental damage. President Prabowo Subianto later declared a national “war on waste” and promised major changes across the country.

    The post “Indonesia’s ‘War on Waste’ at the Bantargebang” appeared earlier on Earth Buddies. Read the whole piece at Indonesia’s “War on Waste” at the Bantargebang. The story was first published here and here in Indonesian on April 14 and 24, 2026.
    Rescue workers remove victims of the landslide of a mountain of rubbish found at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), Bekasi, West Java, Monday March 9, 2026. Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Darryl Ramadhan

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  5. Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] ·

    Energy Transition: What’s the True Cost of Your Nickel? Greenpeace International

    What’s the True Cost of Your Nickel? Greenpeace Pictures of the Week

    Greenpeace International, 6 June 2025

    Greenpeace Indonesia activists, alongside four young West Papuans from the Raja Ampat archipelago in Eastern Indonesia, staged a peaceful protest today at the Indonesia Critical Minerals Conference to expose the devastating environmental and social consequences of nickel mining and smelting.

    The activists deployed a banner reading, “What’s the True Cost of Your Nickel?” and unfurled others with messages: “Nickel Mines Destroy Lives” and “Save Raja Ampat from Nickel Mining.”

    The protest extended beyond the conference hall, with Greenpeace Indonesia activists and Papuan youth displaying banners in the exhibition area outside.

    Messages such as “Nikel Bukan Masa Depan” (Nickel is Not the Future) and “Save Raja Ampat the Last Paradise” were prominently displayed amidst industry booths and attendees.

    This post is based on https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/75271/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-23/.

    © Dhemas Reviyanto / Greenpeace – https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/75271/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-23/Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurl banner “Nickel Mines Destroy Lives” as Deputy Foreign Minister Arief Havas Oegroseno delivers speech at the Indonesia Critical Minerals Conference 2025, Jakarta. https://www.greenpeace.org/indonesia/siaran-pers-2/63070/aktivis-greenpeace-aksi-di-konferensi-nikel-internasional/

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    The Suffering Behind the War of Words Between Former Widodo Trade Minister Tom Lembong and Ministers Luhut & Bahlil

    Press Release, Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM), Jan 26, 2024

    Indonesia’s Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Gen. (Retd.) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan have issued strong responses to remarks made by Thomas Lembong, co-head of the national presidential election campaign of candidates Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, about Indonesia’s nickel processing policy and electric vehicle industry.

    In a recent post by the podcast Total Politik, Lembong, a former Trade Minister and head of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), criticized the extensive smelting initiatives, warning that domestic oversupply risks could depress nickel prices.(1) He also highlighted Tesla’s shift in China to Lithium Ferro Phosphate (LFP) batteries, which eliminates the need for nickel altogether.(2)

    https://youtu.be/f9fT1LyJumQ?si=KG9mlF5z64rw0ZWn

    The ensuing war of words reflects a focus among Indonesia’s political elite on industrial priorities rather than the welfare of impacted communities. Neither Lembong, nor Ministers Luhut and Bahlil, have publicly acknowledged the detrimental effects of nickel downstreaming on local populations, which has left many impoverished while boosting industry profits.(3) Nickel extraction expansion has displaced communities, polluted water sources, damaged marine ecosystems, degraded forests, and triggered health crises, violence, criminalization, and workplace accidents—some resulting in fatalities.

    Also Read: Elections: China Downstream, The Tentacles of Indonesia’s Nickel Oligarchy By Project Multatuli

    This dire situation is evident across Indonesia’s major nickel industrial estates, from PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Morowali in southern Sulawesi, PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry in North Morowali, Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry in Konawe, Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Central Halmahera in Maluku province, to the industrial complexes on Obi Island under the Harita Group’s control.

    The political and business dynamics of these clashes, set against the backdrop of Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election, reveal more than just the flaws in President Joko Widodo’s accelerated nickel downstreaming agenda. Co-ordinating Minister Luhut and Minister Bahlil’s opposition to Lembong’s criticisms could be seen as defending vested interests within Indonesia’s political-business complex.(4)

    Minister Bahlil, for instance, has ties to PT Meta Mineral Pradana, a nickel mining company with two concessions in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, owned by his PT Papua Bersama Unggul (90% ownership) and PT Rifa Capital (10%).

    Similarly, Co-ordinating Minister Luhut’s stake connects him to PT Energi Kreasi Bersama (Electrum), a joint venture between PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk and PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk (TOBA), a company owned by Luhut. Electrum focuses on developing an integrated electric vehicle ecosystem, from manufacturing electric motorcycles and battery technology to battery swapping stations and charging infrastructure. Through GoTo, Luhut’s interests align with Garibaldi “Boy” Thohir, a recent vocal supporter of the presidential election candidates Prabowo Subianto and President Joko Widodo’s son Gibran.(5) Boy Thohir holds shares in and sits on the Board of Commissioners of GoTo.(6)

    Ultimately, the high-profile clash involving Tom Lembong, Luhut, and Bahlil appears to prioritize personal and industrial interests over the environmental and social toll of nickel extraction. The nickel debate, rather than addressing the plight of affected communities or mitigating environmental destruction, seems geared toward securing political gains in Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election.

    Also Read: Transition: Mass Movements NU and Muhammadiyah To Get Cabinet Posts in New Government After Accepting Mining Permits, Tempo

    Regardless of whether Tesla relies on Indonesian nickel, mining operations in Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua continue unabated, with scant regard for the suffering of residents and ongoing environmental degradation.

    This article is based on https://jatam.org/id/lengkap/derita-warga-di-balik-saling-serang-tom-lembong-vs-luhut-bahlil

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  6. Selamatkan Hutan Hujan @[email protected] ·

    hutanhujan.org/updates/12031/p
    Pulau #Sulawesi adalah pusat industri #nickel untuk #e-mobilitas di seluruh dunia. Perusakan #lingkunganhidup, #hutanhujan dan sumber kehidupan masyarakat dan #indigenous people adalah bencana besar. Satu tim perempuan dari Selamatkan #HutanHujan datang ke #sulawesi
    Perjalanan kami di #Sulawesi telah menunjukkan bagaimana dramatisnya dampak perluasan pertambangan #nikel bagi manusia dan alam. Dan seiring dengan peralihan #energi maka ancaman akan semakin tajam.

    #sulawesi #nikel #e #lingkunganhidup #hutanhujan #indigenous
  7. Selamatkan Hutan Hujan @[email protected] ·

    hutanhujan.org/updates/12031/p
    Pulau #Sulawesi adalah pusat industri #nickel untuk #e-mobilitas di seluruh dunia. Perusakan #lingkunganhidup, #hutanhujan dan sumber kehidupan masyarakat dan #indigenous people adalah bencana besar. Satu tim perempuan dari Selamatkan #HutanHujan datang ke #sulawesi
    Perjalanan kami di #Sulawesi telah menunjukkan bagaimana dramatisnya dampak perluasan pertambangan #nikel bagi manusia dan alam. Dan seiring dengan peralihan #energi maka ancaman akan semakin tajam.

    #sulawesi #nikel #e #lingkunganhidup #hutanhujan #indigenous
  8. Selamatkan Hutan Hujan @[email protected] ·

    hutanhujan.org/updates/12031/p
    Pulau #Sulawesi adalah pusat industri #nickel untuk #e-mobilitas di seluruh dunia. Perusakan #lingkunganhidup, #hutanhujan dan sumber kehidupan masyarakat dan #indigenous people adalah bencana besar. Satu tim perempuan dari Selamatkan #HutanHujan datang ke #sulawesi
    Perjalanan kami di #Sulawesi telah menunjukkan bagaimana dramatisnya dampak perluasan pertambangan #nikel bagi manusia dan alam. Dan seiring dengan peralihan #energi maka ancaman akan semakin tajam.

    #nickel #energi #indigenous #hutanhujan #lingkunganhidup #e