MERIT Project

MERIT Project

MERIT Project is a collaborative program by Plasticdiet Indonesia, Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB) Bandung, and the Environmental Education Center (PPLH) Bali, which develops a credible, science-based monitoring method for landfill methane performance. this program is accompanied by assistance to local governments to enhance their capacity for monitoring, planning, managing, supervising, enforcing, and reporting landfill performance.

MERIT Project is conducted at 3 locations – Jakarta Province (Bantar Gebang landfill), West Java (Sarimukti landfill), and Bali Province (Suwung landfill). MERIT Project is the first initiative in Indonesia to measure methane emissions at three provincial-level landfills using enhancements to the IPCC Tier 2 methodology so that it approaches Tier 3, through direct measurements using the Closed Flux Chamber (CFC) method and more complete waste category datasets sampled on-site.

MERIT Project is aimed to generate scientific evidence for methane emission prevention and facilitate informed policymaking in waste management in Indonesia. The MERIT Project is supported by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia. It is part of the Global Methane Hub program— a global funding initiative for methane mitigation in the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors.

Download MERIT’s Policy Brief: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RK_jVIW7iOtBEYPZUvS9bFED5WfvQBJT

YouTube: https://youtu.be/0WvPpLiIlZ8?si=Vcf281cu-WBVPRVg

Tiza Mafira

Executive DirEctor

Tiza has led Diet Plastik Indonesia, and co-founded it, since 2013. She feels grateful that the environmental law knowledge she learned in college can be used to make changes. In her spare time, Tiza enjoys making doll houses out of cardboard for her children and doing water sports. Tiza is an alumna of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (2002) and Harvard Law School (2010).

Tiza Mafira

Executive DirEctor

Tiza memimpin Dietplastik Indonesa, dan turut mendirikannya, sejak 2013. Ia merasa bersyukur ilmu hukum lingkungan yang dipelajarinya ketika kuliah dapat digunakan untuk membuat perubahan. Pada waktu senggang, Tiza senang membuat rumah boneka dari kardus untuk anak-anaknya dan melakukan olahraga air. Tiza adalah alumna Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia (2002) dan Harvard Law School (2010).