Regulation Watch · Environmental Compliance · Gianyar Regency, Bali. The regulation applies to individuals, groups, businesses, institutions and legal entities in Gianyar. It specifically covers operators of residential, commercial, industrial and special areas, public and social facilities, producers, and businesses that transport, process or conduct final processing of waste.
Gianyar Businesses Must Separate Waste Into Three Streams
Gianyar Regional Regulation 1/2026 requires businesses and other legal entities to separate organic, inorganic and residual waste, requires area operators to provide sorting facilities, and imposes packaging and licensing duties on producers and waste businesses.
- Published
- Gianyar Regional Regulation 1/2026 was established and promulgated on 4 February 2026 in Gianyar Regency Gazette 2026 No. 1, with Bali provincial registration number (1, 3/2026). Regulation Watch first recorded it on 10 November 2026 as a late-discovered material instrument.
- Effective
- 4 February 2026, the date of promulgation. The regulation provides no general transition period. Existing implementing rules remain valid only to the extent they do not conflict with the regulation, while pre-existing government cooperation agreements remain valid until they expire.
- Added to Watch
- 10 November 2026
Who is affected
PT PMA and PT PMDN companies, foreign and Indonesian directors and shareholders, property owners, developers, landlords and tenants, hotels, villas, restaurants, retail and office operators, managers of residential, commercial, industrial and special areas, public and social facility operators, producers and sellers of packaged goods, and licensed waste transport, processing and final-processing businesses operating in Gianyar.
Practical impact
Every covered person or legal entity must reduce and handle household-type waste in an environmentally responsible manner, separate its waste into at least organic, inorganic and residual streams, provide adequate sorting containers, and collect the separated waste at a separated collection point. Area operators must provide sorting facilities. Producers must manage packaging or goods that do not or cannot easily decompose, while the local government may supervise product and packaging labels connected with waste reduction and handling. A person that transports separated waste, processes waste or conducts final waste processing must hold the applicable permit, and every waste-management business must be licensed under the relevant KBLI. The regulation also prohibits importing waste into Gianyar, mixing waste with hazardous waste, polluting waste management, disposal outside designated places, open dumping and burning that does not meet technical requirements.
Gianyar Regional Regulation 1/2026 was established and promulgated on 4 February 2026 and took effect that day. It replaces Gianyar Regional Regulation 11/2013 and creates a broader waste-management framework covering household waste, household-type waste from commercial and other areas, and specified waste such as demolition debris and waste containing hazardous material.
The regulation defines a covered person broadly to include an individual, group, business, institution or legal entity. Article 21 requires every covered person to reduce and handle household and household-type waste in an environmentally responsible way. Article 22 separately requires operators of residential, commercial, industrial and special areas, public facilities, social facilities and other facilities to provide waste-sorting facilities.
Waste must be separated at source into at least three streams: organic, inorganic and residual waste. The person generating the waste must provide adequate sorting facilities that correspond to the waste groups, carry labels or signs and are differentiated by colour, material and form. Separated waste must then be collected at a separated collection point.
Producers must manage packaging or goods that do not or cannot easily decompose through natural processes. The definition of producer includes businesses that manufacture, import, distribute or sell goods using packaging that contains hazardous material or is difficult to decompose. Gianyar authorities may monitor producers' use of product or packaging labels connected with waste reduction and handling.
Waste transport, treatment and final processing may be performed by a non-government party only after the applicable permit is obtained. Article 36 also requires every person carrying on a waste-management business to hold a licence aligned with the relevant KBLI. Businesses should therefore verify both the commercial licensing and the operational authority of every waste contractor rather than relying only on a service invoice.
The regulation prohibits bringing waste into Gianyar, importing waste, mixing waste with hazardous waste, managing waste in a way that causes pollution or environmental damage, disposal outside designated places, open dumping and burning that does not meet technical requirements. A breach of these prohibitions is treated as a criminal act and is punished under the applicable legislation, without a separate penalty amount stated in this regulation.
For intentional failure to perform the duties in Articles 21 to 23, the administrative measures are an oral warning, written warning, delay of waste-management services and removal of incentives. The detailed sanction procedure is to be set by a Regent Regulation. Existing implementing rules remain applicable only where consistent with the new regulation, so businesses should track the implementing rules while complying with the duties already in force.
Required action
- Map every Gianyar site and business role against the regulation, including area operator, tenant, producer, packaged-goods seller and waste-service provider responsibilities.
- Install and maintain adequate, clearly marked facilities for at least organic, inorganic and residual waste at each covered site, using distinct labels, colours, materials and forms where required.
- Update site procedures so waste is separated at source, collected in separated locations and handed only to an appropriate collection or treatment route. Train employees, contractors and tenants and keep implementation evidence.
- For products or packaging that do not or cannot easily decompose, document the reduction, return, reuse, recycling or other management route and review any label or marking obligations that apply to the product or packaging.
- Verify the NIB, KBLI and operational permits of every waste transporter, processor and final-processing provider used by the business. Align service contracts with the three-stream process and preserve manifests, receipts and service records.
- Stop any open dumping, disposal outside designated facilities, unapproved burning, waste imports into Gianyar, mixing with hazardous waste, or other handling that can cause pollution or environmental damage.
- Monitor Gianyar implementing regulations for the detailed sanction procedure, technical facility rules, charges and village collection schedules, and update the compliance file when they are issued or amended.