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Understanding the plastic monster's message to Indonesians

A civil society coalition of 49 environmental groups, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and ...

1,048 people to join anti-plastic parade

As many as 1,048 people have registered to join a parade rejecting single-use plastic bags in Jakarta Sunday. The ...

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Waste materials can be transformed into treasure

For years, a steady stream of waste materials has made its way into landscapes, landfills, waterways, and garbage ...

Dismantling Jakarta's bamboo artwork was money squandered: lawmaker

Disassembling the bamboo artwork "Getah Getih" at Hotel Indonesia boulevard was money plundered, as ...

President Jokowi unequivocal in demanding solution to trash problem

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) minced no words in calling for necessary measures to be taken to tackle the garbage ...

Bengkalis housewife finds ecstasy pills worth Rp6 billion

A housewife in Bengkalis District, Riau, has found 30 thousand ecstasy pills worth some Rp6 billion in a suitcase in ...

Government to be sued for air pollution over Jakarta

The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has said that 40 to 50 people, including university students and lecturers, ...

Cirebon police tighten security after finding five bombs

The Cirebon city police in West Java have tightened security around police stations in the city following the finding ...

Loa Duri Ilir village to be named among Indonesia's 100 best villages

Loa Duri Ilir village, located in Loa Janan sub-district, Kutai Kartanegara District, East Kalimantan Province, has ...

Dutch investors to review W Sumatra's renewable energy potential

Several Dutch investors are to visit West Sumatra in August 2019 to obtain first hand information about the ...

Bogor to issue fines of Rp50 million for littering

The local government of Bogor district in West Java will impose a fine of 50 million Rupiah and a maximum ...

Indonesia to re-export illegal plastic waste

Indonesia will re-export illegal plastic waste entering the country, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya ...

Minister has waste regulation revised to avoid illegal imports

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya has asked the Minister of Trade to revise Trade Ministerial ...

PD Pasar Jaya to process market waste into animal feed

Jakarta-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya plans to process organic waste from its 153 markets into animal feed, ...

Biak district bans use of plastic bags

The Biak Numfor district government in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua plans to ban the use of plastic ...