Impact · reviewed 2026
Counted, sourced, and honest about the rest.
This page lists outputs, not outcomes. We know what was built and when. We do not yet know how much it changed. Every figure carries its source and a note on what it does not prove.
DOCUMENTED
- 9waste-sorting units installed, 2026
- 3compartments per unit: organic, plastic, residual
- 2026production began in the workshop
- ≈ 5local workers, paid per job
- ✓community seating made and handed over
PRELIMINARY IMPACT ESTIMATES
- Total weight of material reused~450 kg
- Total number of benches~6units
- How much sorting actually happens
- Changes in burning or dumping
- Long-term upkeep and durability
units installed in public areas
9
waste-sorting units installed
Three compartments each: organic, plastic, residual. Benches were made and handed over too; their number is not recorded.
- What it means
- Waste-sorting bins (organic / plastic / residual) and chairs, built from reclaimed cladding on steel frames, placed in public areas of Kelurahan Cipawitra.
- What it does not mean
- It does not tell you how many of the nine are bins and how many are chairs (not yet published), how much waste they hold, or whether waste is now sorted correctly.
- Source
- Project record
Outcomes that are not numbers
Paid local work
About five local makers were hired and paid per job. Some began checking one another's work unprompted.
Project recordA declined request
A resident's request for a night-watch post was declined in person because the material could not serve it safely. We count this as an outcome: scope was kept honest.
Project recordObserved use
Chairs were used for three days before handover. The founder has seen residents using bins and chairs since installation.
Project record
Timeline
What has happened, where we are, and what is planned. Future entries are dimmed.
Research and first preparations
By the project owner's account, the work began in 2025, when the research was already being thought through. That year went mostly into research and into working out how the activity would be carried out, and the gathering of resources had already started. The stretch was not photographed and no dated document from it has been found, so the record on this site starts in 2026.
Project recordFirst field documentation
Photographs of the depot and material sorting; planning sheets for bin and bench prototypes written the next day.
DocumentedKelurahan visit and field walk
Formal visit to the kelurahan office, then a walk through the neighbourhood with staff.
Project recordFirst build at the workshop
Frames welded, first chair assembled. The team decides to sand and paint before any unit leaves.
Project recordRemote review from Shenzhen
School resumes. Daily photos from the makers; one paint finish sent back and redone.
Project recordWhere we are
Nine units installed
Bins and chairs in public areas; chairs after a three-day use test. Confirmed by letter from the kelurahan head.
Project recordRecord what was built
Publish the split of bins and chairs, locations, and the kelurahan letter. Weigh remaining sorted material.
Not yet recordedCheck after the rainy season
Condition of every unit; how bins are emptied and by whom; whether sorting holds.
Not yet recorded
Not yet measured
What we don't know yet
- How many kilograms of reclaimed material were used?
Not weighed. A planning target of 46 kg across two prototypes existed; targets are not results and we do not publish them as such.
How it will be recordedDry ceramic is weighed per unit during preparation. The per-piece budget sets working targets of 15 kg in place per bin and 12 kg per bench; those are targets, not weighed results.
- How many bins, how many chairs, and where exactly?
The nine-unit total is recorded; the split and locations are not yet published. A map will appear here only when locations are confirmed.
How it will be recordedAn inventory with an ID for every unit, bins and benches listed separately, each with its location, recipient, date and a photo in place.
- Is waste actually sorted?
Unknown. Installation is not behaviour. A simple log of emptying and contamination is the next measurement.
How it will be recordedThe name of the person responsible for emptying, and a log of each emptying.
- Is less waste burned?
Not measured, and hard to measure well. We will not claim it.
- What condition are the units in after the rainy season?
Not yet inspected. The units have been in place since 2026 and have not been through a full rainy season.
How it will be recordedA weekly check and a check after heavy rain, with dated photos of the ceramic, grout, paint, frame and feet.
- How much did it cost?
Materials were donated by the family business; makers were paid per job. The per-piece budget gives Rp 750,000 for a bin and Rp 980,000 for a bench, including a 10% contingency, and the project owner states these are the figures actually used. A total for the nine installed units is not published yet: it needs the split between bins and benches, which is not on record.
Location
Location
Kelurahan Cipawitra, Kecamatan Mangkubumi, Kota Tasikmalaya, West Java.
OpenStreetMap ↗Context, not credit
The wider picture
Indonesia's national waste data and Tasikmalaya's own figures are published by government bodies. We show them for context only. None of them are REINCYCLE outcomes, and none of them should be read as such.
40%
of Indonesia's waste was unmanaged in 2024, out of about 32.6 million tonnes generated.
57%
of Indonesian households burn their waste, according to the 2023 national health survey.
333t / day
of waste generated in Kota Tasikmalaya in 2024; only about 210 tonnes a day reach the Ciangir landfill.