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Finance Minister suggests imposing Rp30,000 excise on every kg plastic

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati proposed Rp30-thousand excise per kilogram of plastic bag, or Rp200 per piece, ...

Bogor approves foreign investment to construct plastic-to-oil facility

The Bogor city administration gave its approval to a foreign investment plan to build plastic waste-to-oil facilities ...

Bali drug dealer recruits four teenagers as couriers

A drug dealer in the Indonesian resort island of Bali recruited four teenagers to work as his couriers, Denpasar Police ...

Actress Yuki Kato backs ban on single-use plastic bags in Jakarta

Indonesian actress Yuki Kato welcomes Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's regulation number 142/2019 on banning ...

Bali police confiscate 33,400 diazepam tablets

The Bali Police's antidrug squad personnel have apprehended two men who were attempting to trade 33,400 diazepam ...

Instant noodle packaging among worst polluters in Indonesia

Plastic waste arising from local food and beverage products, mostly instant noodle brands, chiefly constituted the ...

East Java's police seize 15,334 diazepam tablets

The police in Trenggalek District seized 15,334 diazepam tablets, known as Double LL and Dextro, about 180 kilometers ...

Police foil smuggling attempt of larvae of lobsters

The Bali provincial police thwarted an attempt to smuggle some 60,000 larvae of pearl and sand lobsters to Vietnam, and ...

Drug dealer killed during Jakarta police raid

A drug dealer Aldi was killed after slipping from the 10th floor of the Season City Apartment, Central Jakarta, on ...

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"Kresek" to "besek", Jakarta's plastic waste reduction effort on Eid

Indonesia comes second to China as the world's biggest plastic waste producer, with disposable plastic bags being ...

Istiqlal invites 1,000 people with disabilities for Idul Adha prayers

The management of Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta invited one thousand people with disabilities to perform Idul Adha (Day of ...

Swedish investors eyeing North Sumatra's waste management sector

The Swedish Energy Agency and Business Sweden have expressed their keenness to invest in the waste management sector of ...

Karawang's fishermen involved in cleaning up oil-spill affected areas

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina has involved 120 fishermen from Sedari Emong Village in Karawang District, ...

Minister asks plastic producers to join fight against marine debris

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has asked all companies that produce plastic products to help ...

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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 ...