Waste to Energy 2.0: How Danantara Becomes the Golden Guarantor for 34-City Projects
Empowering Indonesia’s future with Waste-to-Energy innovation — Danantara ensures reliability across 34 smart, sustainable cities Every minute, the world buries another 2,000 tons of trash- enough to fill a convoy of garbage trucks stretching from Jakarta to Singapore. B 2050, the planet's annual waste bill will hit 3,4 billion tons, a mountain of refuse that costs emerging economies $375 billion a year in health, tourism, and lost productivity. Yet beneath the stench and the statistics lies a paradox: the same garbage choking our cities is a dormant power plant waiting to be ignited. Traditional landfills are yesterday's answer. They leak methane, poison groundwater, and swallow prime real estate. Indonesia alone discards 68 million tons of waste annually; 60% never sees a proper facility. The math is brutal: every ton left unmanaged emits 1.2 tons of CO₂ equivalent and forfeits 500 kWh of recoverable electricity. The opportunity cost is not just environmental-it is economi...
