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Behavioral change vital to eliminate single-use plastic: ministry

Behavioral change on part of the public is vital to efforts to gradually eliminate single-use plastic in Indonesia, ...

MUI calls for cutting plastic use in Qurbani meat distribution

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the community to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags for the ...

Enviro Ministry highlights need for better waste management strategies

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has stressed on the need for changing public behavior and implementing better ...

Govt asks public markets to encourage 'shopping without packaging'

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), as part of Earth Day commemorations, urged public markets to help ...

"Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins Jakarta's ban on single-use plastic bags

Indonesia's textile label "Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins a civil society movement to free Jakarta from the ...

COVID-19: Plastic recycling industry laid off 63 thousand workers

The plastic recycling industry has laid off at least 63 thousand workers as an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Indonesia, Dutch discuss cooperation in waste management

Indonesian Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya received Dutch Minister of Infrastructures and Water ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plastic monster raises Indonesians' awareness of menace of plastic

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