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Waste management collective responsibility: Vice Minister

Waste management is a collective responsibility for the government, businesses, communities, as well as individuals, ...

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Plastic waste thrives amid coffee shops' euphoria

For some people, drinking coffee occupies an important part of the day and with their numbers increasing, the growing ...

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Benefits of seaweed cultivation for Indonesian economy

American musician Davendra Banhart once said in an interview that it would be nice to be a seaweed since all it does is ...

Environment ministry sees significant improvement in waste management

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has commended the involvement of all parties that has driven ...

Indonesia devises technology to recycle COVID-19 medical waste

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed several technologies to process and recycle COVID-19 ...

Indonesia adopts policies to support circular economy

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has said it has adopted several policies to support a sustainable circular ...

Four social institutions launch pilots to tackle marine debris

Four social institutions have simultaneously launched pilot programs in Indonesia to address the problem of growing ...

Plastic waste management drives development of circular economy: govt

The management of plastic waste into high-value, sustainable products is part of the endeavors to drive growth of a ...

Indonesia's largest plastic bottle recycling plant inaugurated

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has inaugurated Indonesia’s largest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...

Recycling industry processing just one-third of nation's waste: govt

The domestic recycling industry has the capacity to process just two million tons of plastic waste out of the 6.8 ...

EU to support Indonesia's sustainable palm oil push: Czech Republic

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec has assured that the European Union (EU), under the presidency of the Czech ...

ASEAN adopts action plan to curb plastic pollution

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday unveiled a regional action plan (RAP) for combating marine ...

Increasing demand for environmental services in ASEAN opens opportunities for international trade in environmental services, says the ASEAN-Japan Centre

The ASEAN region is seeing an increase in the demand for environmental services due to rapid population growth and ...

Ministry records increasing trend in waste management capacity

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has recorded an increasing trend in Indonesia's waste management ...

Indonesia encourages industrial transformation

The Industry Ministry is encouraging the manufacturing industry to embrace technological transformation to usher ...