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Collection of toxic news, found 231 news.

Indonesia needs medical waste depots at regional level

Local governments need COVID-19 medical waste disposal depots to overcome a lack of access to services for processing ...

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 ...

Minister Pandjaitan inaugurates Batam oil waste treatment facility

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan commenced the operations of a hazardous ...

ANTARA's Choice

Home-grown brands changing the face of beauty

In the past few years, the Indonesian beauty industry has witnessed soaring growth, with the online community ...

Police grill 9 witnesses over N Sumatra gas leak

Police have so far questioned nine witnesses in connection with the leakage of a gas pipeline belonging to a geothermal ...

Indonesia to ship toxic waste back to four countries

The Indonesian government will ship back 79 containers of industrial raw materials containing toxic and hazardous waste ...

PLN, PT SAG to produce cement from power plant waste

State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) is cooperating with PT Sarana Agra Gemilang (SAG) to ...

Weekend Stories

Didi Kempot, melancholic tunes, and catharsis for broken hearts

The passing of Javanese pop songster Didi Kempot has left the Indonesian public stunned and grief-stricken. After ...

Spodoptera frugiperda attacks maize plantations in Sikka

Head of the Agriculture Office of Sikka District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Mauritius Terwinyu da Cunha said that some ...

Special team to probe dioxin-contaminated eggs in East Java

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has set up a special research team to delve deeper into the ...

President Jokowi raises issues of toxic waste

President Joko Widodo raised the issues of hazardous and toxic waste in the 14th East Asian Summit, held in the IMPACT ...

Three tons of green mussels to clean polluted Jakarta Bay

At least three tons of green mussels (Perna viridis) were dispersed by the city-owned theme park company PT Jaya Ancol ...

Indonesia re-exports hazardous waste to Australia

The Indonesian government through the Directorate General of Customs and Excise will on Wednesday re-export nine ...

Indonesia targets mercury-free healthcare by 2020

The Indonesian government, through the health ministry, has targeted to phase out mercury-containing medical devices in ...

News Focus

Mercury-related crimes in Indonesia still elude

Mercury-related crimes elude all, for which involvement of influential leaders or actors, who can bring about changes ...