Jakarta – Kapolda Metro Jaya Inspector General Pol Karyoto together with his staff and the DKI Jakarta Government carried out a mangrove clean-up action in the North Jakarta area.
This activity was carried out with the aim of inviting people to live clean and protect the environment.
“To invite the community later because we live in an environment that is interdependent. And we will see, even when I entered the settlement here it was very dirty, it was like we were just getting started,” said Kapolda Karyoto to media crew, Thursday, (13/7).
“This is a form of protecting the environment, where mangroves are so important that we keep these mangroves clean,” he continued.
According to Kapolda Karyoto, when the mangroves are maintained and in a clean condition, they will have many uses.
“Here we see a mangrove area where this area is very useful in terms of preventing abrasion and holding back, for example, a tsunami wave,” Kapolda Karyoto said.
He also said, to maintain cleanliness can not be instantaneous. Requires a gradual process of time.
“And of course this cleanliness problem cannot be spontaneous. Today we come, (then, red) clean is not. Because this concerns the habits of the community members. Because we see the garbage, all this food waste, plastic, all kinds are here, ” he explained.
Kapolda Karyoto said the issue of cleanliness is also closely related to public awareness to dispose of trash. One of them is about plastic waste.
“Yes, what we need to instill in all of us is cleanliness first. If possible, plastic waste should not fly, scatter, scatter in this area. Even if it is collected here, it is burned,” he said.
“If it is planted it will not decompose, even if it does not decompose, not when, how many hundreds of years it will decompose,” he continued.
Furthermore, Kapolda Karyoto also has greater hopes for related parties who are in charge of protecting the existing mangrove environment.
“This is one of the beginnings. Maybe in the future it will involve more other stakeholders and we also see that today’s corvette is not quite right. We are just enthusiastic about picking up trash manually, if tomorrow we know how, there must be a small tool,” he explained .
“Where are the hooks, because plastic waste is on the sidelines between the mangroves. Hopefully this will inspire the people here around the coastal area to live cleaner lives,” he emphasized. Bembo
