MANADO, ZONAUTARA.com – Manado City Government through the Regional Research and Development Planning Agency (Bapelitbangda) officially launched Garbage Bank. This Bank Management supported by mySMASH application.
The application designed by TerraGo-SMASH consulting and business waste companies. IT Manager TerraGo-SMASH, Haz Algebra said the garbage bank will be a solution for household waste.
“mySMASH is a web-based management information system, which functions to assist the bank’s management or just like a mini banking, which notes all of its customers waste-deposit transaction,” Haz said to Zona Utara journalist.
Haz reveals, mySMASH also as a management of wate-saver according to price per category of garbage, and generate reports according to manager bank requirement.
“So, the customers can download this application mySMASH in Google play store or App store, so they can monitor their own amount of balances and types of garbage,” said Haz.
He explained, Bank Sampah (Garbage Bank) is a term for waste management activities.
“Customers are deposit the decent rubbish to the bank administrator. Such as, plastic, paper, iron, and the other trash,” he concluded.
Previously, the Head of Manado TP-PKK Julieta Paula Runtuwene who launched the Bank Garbage invites to all housewives to be activator at the household level.
“Let’s start from our own homes, sort out the garbage and bring it to the garbage bank,” Said Liny Tambajong, as Head of Bapelitbang Manado City.
The action, has been able to reduce 20% of municipal solid waste, especially can turn the trash into money and also plastic waste does not float on the river anymore,” added Liny.
Editor: Eva Aruperes