
In week 9-13 March 2020 the PIB companies Afvalzorg, AWECT, HYVA, Leapfrog and MetaSus joined the Dutch Economic Mission to Jakarta and Surabaya. Jessica Reis Leffers of Rijkswaterstaat Leefomgeving provided public sector support. The "circular track", headed by Freek van Eijk of Holland Circular Hotspot, attracted 29 Dutch companies in the waste, water and circular economy sector. The PIB Team launched the Ecoparks concept with a brochure and this dedicated website. Seminars on integrated waste management and well attended matchmaking sessions were followed by a visit to Indonesia's largest landfill Bantar Gebang. AWECT signed an MoU with BinaKarya (persero) on Ecoparks and Afvalzorg signed another MoU with Waste4Change on organic waste processing using black soldier flies. After the visit to the landfill the PIB team met with Mrs. Sigrid Kaag, our Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. "Circularity is the way to go in Indonesia!" she told the group. No wonder she was pleased to learn about the Ecoparks approach.