#single use plastics

Collection of single use plastics news, found 32 news.

Waste banks can help cut greenhouse emissions: ministry

Setting up waste banks, integrated waste processing spaces (TPST), and reduce-reuse-recycle waste processing spaces ...

Vending Machines International secures SGD 135 million capital commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM) as company seeks to go public

Vending Machines International (VMI), today announced a SGD 135 Million capital commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC ...

Ocean noise, debris main threats to marine mammals: ministry

Ocean noise and marine debris are two factors that are threatening the survival of marine mammals in Indonesian waters, ...

Indonesia, Czech intensify cooperation in environmental protection

Environment and Forestry (LHK) Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar held a bilateral meeting with Czech Minister of the ...

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 ...

Jakarta bans single-use plastic and expects to reduce waste volume

The newly enacted regulation to ban single-use plastic in Jakarta is expected to reduce the volume of plastic waste in ...

Plastic waste entering Jakarta bay is mostly Styrofoam

Most of the 59 percent plastic waste entering the waters of Jakarta Bay daily is Styrofoam, trademarked brand of ...

Incomplete combustion of plastic endangers environment: LIPI

A researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said that incomplete combustion of plastic for industrial ...

Further research needed to examine impact of microplastics on humans

Microplastics detected in marine biota are suggestive of marine contamination in Indonesia, though further research is ...

Instant noodle packaging among worst polluters in Indonesia

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

Minister stresses public participation in war on plastic waste

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has appealed to the public to join ...

Fishermen conduct ocean cleanup to facilitate healthy crab harvesting

Central Java’s crab fishermen group recently conducted an ocean cleanup by removing three tons of plastic waste ...

32 leading global fashion and textile companies make commitments on climate, biodiversity and oceans

- Ahead of the G7 meeting at Biarritz from August 24-26, French President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Economy and ...

Mosques stop wrapping "Qurban" meat with single-use plastic

Mosques of several provinces in Indonesia stopped wrapping the sacrificial cattle (Qurban) meats with single-use ...

Fisheries Ministry to reduce single-use plastics in fishing ports

The Indonesian Maritime Affairs and and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) is committed to reducing marine plastic debris by ...