Jawa Barat, August 13, 2020 - A total of 84,000 bottles of imported beer and cider that had passed the consumption limit belonging to PT Pantja Artha Niaga were successfully destroyed using environmentally friendly waste treatment methods at the Nathabumi waste management service facility owned by PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia, Tbk in Narogong, West Java. 

The signing of the official report and the symbolic destruction of Beverage Containing Ethyl Alcohol (MMEA) products was carried out and supervised directly by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Head of the Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC) Type A Jakarta Customs Intermediate, represented by the Head of Subsection The XXXIV Customs and Excise Hangar, Muhammad Iqbal Reza on Tuesday, 11 August. 

84,000 bottles or the equivalent of 5 (five) containers of TEU beer and cider with the trademarks Erdinger from Germany, Duvel, Vedett and Liefmans from Belgium, and Magners from Ireland, which were imported and distributed exclusively by PT Pantja Artha Niaga, were destroyed because they had passed the suitable time for consumption as stated on each bottle packaging. 

"We take this decision as a form of responsibility as a company that imports and distributes these products and as an effort to prevent the accumulation of waste from commodities that we can no longer trade," said Yudi Martanto as Operational Director of PT Pantja Artha Niaga. "Quick, precise and environmentally friendly prevention is an important consideration for us in choosing the method of extermination with this thermal destruction method," added Yudi.

In collaboration with PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia, Tbk, PT Pantja Artha Niaga uses the Nathabumi extermination facility known as the Co-Processing method, namely; an environmentally friendly waste management method that uses a cement kiln with a high temperature of up to 2,000°C - and is guaranteed to be stable to destroy waste without leaving any residue.

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Arief Haadi Mulia
arief@paniaga.com (+62 81938192801)

Marketing Communications Manager PT Pantja Artha Niaga