Overview
- Rescuers are still searching for at least four missing people after the Sunday collapse, deploying excavators and sniffer dogs.
- The slide buried people, vehicles and food stalls when a section of waste reportedly at least 50 meters high gave way.
- Local reports cited hours of heavy rain before the incident, though the precise cause remains under investigation.
- Bantargebang, in Bekasi outside Jakarta, spans more than 110 hectares and holds about 55 million tonnes of waste, with the metro area generating roughly 14,000 tonnes daily.
- The central government has outlined plans to fund more than €3 billion for 34 waste-to-energy incinerators over two years to reduce reliance on open dumps.