Opening of the 800th Store: MR.DIY Holds a Clean-up Action Movement at Mahakam Pier Morning Market with Samarinda Residents, Successfully Collects 800 Kg of Garbage

Samarinda, May 24, 2024 - The largest household retailer in Southeast Asia that is economical, complete, and close, MR.DIY continues its commitment to supporting sustainable environmental cleanliness through the "MR.DIY Clean Action Movement" together with World Clean Up Day Indonesia and 50 Samarinda residents by distributing 800 cleanliness packages and working together to clean and collect 800 kg of garbage in the Mahakam River. This activity is a series of events to welcome the opening of the 800th MR.DIY store located on Jalan. DI Panjaitan, Sungai Pinang Dalam, Samarinda.

 

"This sustainable program has become an important vision for MR.DIY. Previously, we have carried out a series of programs starting from early childhood waste education, waste management workshops for MSMEs, to the DropBox Program. Today, we are again carrying out this mission in the opening of the 800th store through river cleaning activities in the city of Samarinda which are real actions to help protect the environment and contribute more to Indonesia," said Ria Sutrisno, Head of Marketing MR.DIY Indonesia.

Based on data from the BPS of Samarinda City, East Kalimantan's waste accumulation in 2023 reached 841,286 tons with a waste management rate of 87.63% and 12.37% was still dumped into the surrounding environment. The East Kalimantan Government continues to make efforts to achieve Clean East Kalimantan 2025 by inviting the public to sort waste, play an active role in reducing waste piles, maintaining environmental cleanliness by not littering, especially into rivers to create a healthy environment.

This program was also welcomed with positive enthusiasm from 50 people who became volunteers to go directly to clean the river and were able to collect 800 kg of waste. "The collected waste is proof that the waste crisis that pollutes the environment can be resolved through the value of mutual cooperation, real positive actions, and public awareness. Therefore, this Clean Action Movement. We are very happy because MR.DIY has the same vision as us to carry out sustainable actions, starting from maintaining cleanliness, managing waste, to selling products that can be used for a long time, such as tumblers or food containers," said Fatur Rahman, Leader of East Kalimantan World Clean Up Day Indonesia.

 

In a global journey that began in July 2005, MR.DIY has grown to become the largest in the home furnishing industry in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, the Philippines, and Cambodia. More than just the number of branches, MR.DIY aims to provide a convenient and affordable shopping experience for more than 188 million customers each year throughout Southeast Asia.

Previously, there were 5 MR.DIY stores in Samarinda, namely; Ruko Cipto Mangunkusumo Loa Janan, Big Mall Samarinda, Ruko Bung Tomo Samarinda Seberang, Samarinda Square, and Ruko Imam Bonjol Samarinda. Seeing the increasing public demand, MR.DIY opened a new store in Samarinda located on Jalan DI Panjaitan, Sungai Pinang Dalam.

"The inauguration of the 800th store in Samarinda is the answer to the very high enthusiasm of the public for good quality, affordable, complete, and close to where they live household equipment. This motivates us to continue to contribute to providing the best service to meet daily needs, in accordance with the three values ​​that we always carry. With this new store, we hope to provide wider coverage, better access, and more choices for all of you," said Ria.

Offering more than 18,000 types of products at the best prices on the market with ten product categories, ranging from tools, household appliances, electricity, toys, to sustainable cleaning and dining product choices in all stores spread across the archipelago to make it easier for consumers to get what they need more easily.

"We hope that this entire series of programs can invite more people to be more aware of the environment, by taking real actions such as cleaning the surrounding environment, disposing of garbage in its place, to recycling garbage sustainably so that it can encourage the creation of East Kalimantan Clean Garbage 2025," concluded Ria to the media.