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Kompas/Dahlia Irawati

Students in Malang, East Java, collected garbage on Monday (20/2) during a garbage alms activity promoted by the Malang Environment Agency. The garbage was collected at a garbage insurance clinic in Bumiayu subdistrict, Kadungkandang district, Malang. The clinic receives garbage as payment for the premium of the city’s Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan).

Garbage is not always a disaster. In Malang, East Java, people collect garbage and take it to a clinic to use for the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) premium. With this garbage, people can access essential health services.

At noon on Tuesday (21/2), Munah, 54, a resident of RT 001 RW 005 neighborhood in Bumiayu sub-district, Kedungkandang district, Malang, East Java, lined up to have a health checkup at Klinik Asuransi Sampah, a health clinic run on garbage, initiated by physician Gamal Albinsaid. The clinic was established in 2013.