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Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Tabanan Agency Offers Free Waste Drop-Off Behind Debes Stadium

Tabanan’s Environmental Agency is cleaning By Pass Ir. Soekarno each morning and offering residents free waste drop-off behind Debes Stadium, with staff helping sort materials.

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Editor: Mursyid Sonsang

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Open the larger photo. Archive photo: Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia:Rice terraces and paddies in Tabanan Regency.
Archive photo: Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia:Rice terraces and paddies in Tabanan Regency. · Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Tabanan — The Tabanan Environmental Agency is deploying one truck and five staff each day from 6:00 to 9:00 WITA (UTC+8) to collect and sort waste along By Pass Ir. Soekarno. Residents may bring waste free of charge to the Waste Depot behind Debes Stadium, where agency staff assist with receiving and sorting it.

The operation was reported on Sept. 23, 2026, by Bali Post. The agency said the road cleaning is carried out daily and that collected waste is sorted before disposal, with recyclable inorganic material separated for further management.

Free drop-off gives residents a local waste-handling point

For foreign residents and visitors in Tabanan, the practical meaning is that the depot behind Debes Stadium is an official no-fee drop-off point for waste. Staff are available there every day to help with collection and sorting. The arrangement concerns household or other waste brought by members of the public; the report does not state separate rules for particular types of waste or a different service for visitors.

The agency’s morning deployment combines roadside cleanup with waste management at source. Its staff first sort the material collected along the bypass rather than sending it directly to a disposal site. Bali Post identified I Made Surya Dharma as head of the Tabanan Environmental Agency and reported that the daily cleaning is intended to keep the main road clear.

The report states that the free depot service and the regular cleanup are part of the agency’s effort to encourage cleaner surroundings and greater public participation in sorting and managing waste. It does not specify an end date for the deployment or announce any later change to the service.

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