Tegal Regency Receives Waste Masterplan from CLOCC Program

Tegal, Indonesia. 21 August 2025

On Thursday 21st August, the CLOCC team officially handed over a waste masterplan to The Government of Tegal Regency. The Waste Masterplan for Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (2025–2045) is a comprehensive strategy designed to address the region’s growing waste challenges and build a cleaner, healthier future for the people of Tegal.

Mochamad Satya Oktamalandi (Andik) CLOCC Project Manager formally handing over the Waste Masterplan

The masterplan has been designed through an inclusive process involving stakeholders from across the community, ensuring that local voices, needs, and priorities are reflected. This participatory approach, which is a central theme of CLOCC’s work, aims to build a waste management system that not only responds to the needs of users but is also operated with and owned by the community itself.  

A ceremony was held on 21st August in Slawi in the Tegal Regency of Central Java Indonesia to formally handover the waste masterplan to the Regency the area looks towards moving from planning to design and implementation. The event brought together all of the stakeholders involved in putting the plan together, as well as representatives from the Regency and Municipality. Speaking at the event was representatives from the Environment Agency, InSWA, Ministry of National Planning of Indonesia, The Regency of Tegal, Representatives from local communities and villages. 

Developed by the Indonesia Solid Waste Association (InSWA) under the CLOCC Program, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and overseen by Sirk Norge, the masterplan will now serve as Tegal Regency’s primary reference for waste planning, budgeting, and implementation over the next two decades.

With a population of 1.65 million living across 18 subdistricts, Tegal Regency generates around 670 tons of waste every day. More than half of this is properly managed leaks into the environment, threatening public health, polluting natural ecosystems, and creating long-term financial burdens for the government. As consumption continues to increase, more and more unmanaged waste will enter the environment without change.

Currently, only 2% of villages meet safe waste management standards, while 32% lack waste services entirely. Without bold and immediate action, the scale of waste-related risks will continue to grow as the population expands, and economic activities intensify.

Recognizing these challenges, the Regent of Tegal, H. Ischak Maulana Rohman, S.H., emphasized:

“The waste problem in Tegal Regency now demands urgent and extraordinary attention. With daily waste generation exceeding 670 tons and high rates of leakage, the situation not only burdens the environment but also threatens public health and quality of life. This masterplan reflects our strong commitment to developing and implementing a comprehensive system that protects our people and our future.”

Download and read the Tegal Waste Masterplan

The Tegal Regency Waste Masterplan sets out clear and ambitious goals for the next two decades:

• Reduce waste leakage into the environment from 54% today to 10% by 2045

• Cut landfill dependency from 32% to 10% by 2045

• Increase waste treatment and recycling from 14% to 80% by 2045

To achieve these targets, the Waste Masterplan lays out an integrated strategy built on four main pillars:

1. Technical and Operational Improvements

• Universal access to waste storage and collection to prevent leakage

• Expansion of recycling and reuse, with linkages to agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and industry

• Controlled landfill operations with improved final waste processing

2. Policy and Regulation

• Comprehensive and phased regulatory frameworks

• Community engagement with religious and social leaders to build awareness

• Stronger monitoring, compliance, and enforcement systems

3. Institutional Strengthening

• Clear division of responsibilities across local agencies

• Professionalization of waste services through the Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) model

• Village  and district level service expansion, including “Waste Independent Village” programs that place communities at the heart of service delivery

• Multi-stakeholder forums to coordinate across sectors, reinforcing the idea that waste management is a shared responsibility of government, businesses, and citizens

4. Financing and Investment

• Integrated waste management financing plan with sustained government commitment

• Enabling partnerships with businesses, the informal sector, and financial institutions

• Mobilization of national, international, and non-government funding sources

• Ensuring investment certainty to encourage private sector engagement

  
  

The Regent has stressed that the success of the Waste Masterplan depends on collective effort:

“This effort cannot be undertaken by government alone. Collaboration, synergy, and support from national and provincial authorities, NGOs, businesses, and communities are essential. We warmly welcome all partners who wish to contribute to transforming waste management in Tegal for the benefit of our environment and our people.”

This emphasis on collaboration reflects the principle that guided the development of the masterplan itself: community ownership. By ensuring that residents are not only service users but also active participants in building and maintaining the system, Tegal aims to create a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable model for waste management that can endure for generations.

The Waste Masterplan was developed under the CLOCC Program, a global initiative that strengthens local waste management systems to prevent ocean plastic leakage. Funded by NORAD and overseen by Sirk Norge, the program has supported municipalities across Indonesia, including Banyuwangi, Tabanan, and now Tegal, in building long-term strategies for sustainable waste management.

Tegal CLOCC masterplan newspaper.pdf

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(in Bahasa Indonesian).