D'Youth Fest proves that a busy festival can still have minimal waste

Denpasar (National Archipelagic Wire) - The D'Youth Fest 6.0 event proves that large-scale festivals can still be held in an environmentally friendly manner.

Through the collaboration of the Denpasar City Government and the Eling Ring Pertiwi Community, all waste produced during activities is sorted and processed directly on site so as to reduce the volume of waste disposed of at the final processing site (TPA) during D'Youth Fest 6.0 in the Puputan I Gusti Ngurah Made Agung Field Area, Denpasar, Saturday (11/7) to Sunday (12/7), as a continuation of the success of a similar concept at the 2025 Denpasar Festival.

Representative of the Eling Ring Pertiwi Anak Agung Ngurah Srijaya Widiada Community, in Denpasar, Sunday, said that as many as 54 students and 38 volunteers were deployed on the first day to provide education, sorting and processing waste in all activity areas.

The number of volunteers was also increased on the second day to optimize waste management.

According to him, organic waste is processed using Teba Modern, inorganic waste is distributed to waste banks for recycling, while residual waste is handled by the Denpasar City Environment and Cleanliness Service.

He emphasized that this system is able to reduce the volume of waste that ends up in landfill and also shows that holding festivals with thousands of visitors can still take place without generating excessive amounts of waste.

Apart from maintaining the cleanliness of the event area, D'Youth Fest is also a means of education for the community, especially the younger generation, to get used to sorting waste from the source.

It is hoped that the successful implementation of this concept will be an inspiration for organizing various activities at the banjar, village and city levels, so that source-based waste management can become a new culture in every event held in Denpasar City.