Bali’s largest rubbish dump at Suwung, near Sanur, is an eyesore that is more than 15-meters high, radiates unsavory aromas over a wide area of South Bali, represents a threat to public health and seeps dangerous heavy metals and other toxins across the southern waters and beaches of Bali. Plainly visible to motorists traveling Ball’s new toll road or the Ngurah Rai Bypass at the Benoa intersection, the Rubbish Dump (TPA Suwung) will earn first notice of the gargantuan pile of trash via its noxious smell. A private company PT NOEI has held a government license to manage TPA Suwung for the past decade against the promise of processing the mountain of garbage and creating 12 megawatts of electrical power. By all accounts,however, PT NOEI has failed on almost every level with the pile of garbage growing higher on a daily basis and its failure to generate any appreciable amount of electrical power. The Governor has personally requested that the contract for managing rubbish at Suwung be revoked due to the lack of technological follow up by PT NOEI. The Governor has asked that the right to manage TPA Suwung be surrendered to the Province, which that would clear the way for terminating PT NOEI’s contract.
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