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Indonesia sees waste-to-energy plant as solution to garbage problem

With a population of some 260 million people, Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers of garbage, which ...

Minister launches Clean Indonesia Movement to reduce plastic waste

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan accompanied by Transportation Minister Budi Karya ...

UI team bags Platinum Prize at Asian Students' Venture Forum

A delegation of the University of Indonesia's (UI's) Faculty of Engineering emerged the winner, bagging the ...

Marine debris likely to outnumber fish in sea by 2030: Minister Susi

Cautioning the residents of Banyuwangi District, East Java Province, on Thursday, against littering and polluting the ...

Indonesia, America combat marine plastic waste

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan Jr., Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs ...

WALHI initiates people's forum ahead of presidential elections

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has planned a people's forum at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) ...

Makassar naval base and seaport authorities clean up marine debris

The Makassar Naval Base (Lantamal VI) and the coastal city's seaport authorities have collaborated to clean up ...

Hundreds of Kupang`s residents clean up mangrove ecotourism park

Some 400 community members, who care for environmental conservation and preservation, conducted a cleanup event at ...

Cleaning up Indonesia through trash hero movements

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia`s largest Muslim organization, has hinted its support for reducing plastic waste ...

Jusuf Kalla appreciates Nahdlatul Ulama`s recommendations on plastic waste reduction

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla officially concluded the Nahdlatul Ulama`s (NU`s) National Meeting of Ulemas and ...

Fifty tons of marine debris picked up from Wakatobi: official

The local government and community members in Wakatobi District, Southeast Sulawesi Province, commemorated National ...

First Lady promotes public waste reduction campaign in Banyuwangi

First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo launched a public waste reduction campaign in Banyuwangi, East Java Province, on ...

P&G joins TerraCycle’s Loop – an environmentally friendly and convenient e-shopping platform – with 11 household brands

- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced the introduction of reusable, refillable packaging on some of ...

Indonesia plans to create eco-friendly cities through better waste management

Indonesia, through its Ministry of Environment and Forestry, has planned to create eco-friendly cities across the ...

Plastic use ban to affect 25 million scavengers: IPI

The Indonesian Scavenger Association (IPI) has reminded that a ban on the use of plastic will affect some 25 million ...