InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Sorting waste at its source is only the first step in responsible waste management. Without a system that ensures sorted materials enter the recycling chain, waste separation efforts can ultimately end at landfills.
Yayasan WINGS Peduli is addressing the challenge through its Employee Waste Bank Program at the WINGS Group office in Cakung, East Jakarta. The initiative forms part of the company’s #PilahDariSekarang campaign and connects employees directly with a waste-management ecosystem involving waste banks and recycling businesses.
The programme is supported by Bank Sampah Kartini 09, a waste bank that has been assisted by Yayasan WINGS Peduli since 2023. Through technical assistance and training conducted with Waste4Change, Bank Sampah Kartini 09 now serves not only surrounding communities but also acts as an implementation partner for the employee waste bank programme.
Yayasan WINGS Peduli representative Seva Nefertiti said waste-sorting habits are more likely to take root when people have access to a simple system that ensures their waste is managed responsibly.
“We believe that the habit of sorting waste will grow when people have a system that makes it easier and ensures the waste is actually managed responsibly,” Seva said in an official statement, as reported by InfoSAWIT, Sunday (Sept. 13, 2026).
Household Waste Enters the Recycling Chain
The Employee Waste Bank Program began with a Sustainability Talk, during which Bank Sampah Kartini 09 explained the importance of waste sorting, how the waste bank operates and what happens to waste after it is deposited.
Education is reinforced through regular communication via WhatsApp groups and monthly waste-weighing activities. Bank Sampah Kartini 09 assists employees throughout the process, from weighing their materials to managing their individual savings accounts.
The materials collected include plastic, paper, cans and used cooking oil. Once sorted, the materials are sold by Bank Sampah Kartini 09 to collectors or offtakers according to their respective categories.
The materials are then channelled into recycling industries to be processed and reused as raw materials. Through this mechanism, sorted waste is not merely collected but becomes part of a circular-economy chain.
The programme also provides economic benefits to participants through the value generated from the waste they collect.
The Employee Waste Bank has so far attracted dozens of active participants, with sorted waste volumes averaging around 290 kilograms and reaching as much as 500 kilograms during individual weighing activities.
Expanding the #PilahDariSekarang Campaign
Yayasan WINGS Peduli considers the Employee Waste Bank Program part of a broader Waste Bank Assistance initiative under the #PilahDariSekarang campaign.
The campaign also includes Clean-Up Actions, Education and KolaborAKSI, involving employees, communities and the wider public.
The approach is aligned with Law No. 18 of 2008 on Waste Management and Ministry of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 14 of 2021, which position waste banks as community-based waste-management facilities while creating economic value from managed waste.
For Yayasan WINGS Peduli, strengthening waste banks is part of a broader effort to build the habit of sorting waste at its source. When waste separation is supported by a clear distribution system, materials previously considered worthless can return to industry as raw materials while reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills.
Through employee and community participation, the programme is expected to expand responsible waste-management practices and reinforce the company’s #WINGSPeduliLingkungan commitment to promoting more sustainable lifestyles. (T2)
