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Approaching National Waste Day, KLHK held a meeting with local governments of Jakarta, Palembang, Semarang, Balikpapan, Surakarta and Musi Banyuasin to discuss on Three Months Free of Waste which was launched in 2018.
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To tackle waste issues, ministries are prepping up to issue a regulation to charge plastic bags.
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Capt. Rudiana, Director of Shipping and Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, said that the waste throwing case could happened as it was hard to monitor on board the ships.
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A senior official urges local administrations to be creative in tackling waste issues, especially those with minimum budget.
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Waste issues cannot be tackled from ecological approach and pollution but also economic approach as one of the models following circular economy has become a solution for waste issues in Europe.
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Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, said circular economic model which promoting zero waste was suitable to solve the issue in the country.
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Jenna Jambeck published a research back in 2015 on Indonesia’s use of small plastic packaging, or sachet, revealing that low-middle class people consume these packaging resulting to pilling up waste in coastal areas.
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As a nation with the waste to energy technology, Finland had offered cooperation to apply the technology that uses thermal process to Indonesia.
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Indonesia and Denmark establish an agreement to tackle waste and water issues worth of nearly US$150,000 through sharing best practice and innovation.
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At least ten tons of plastic and cans waste produced by Bogor Botanical Garden every year. Lack of people’s awareness and increasing visitors resulted to piling up waste in the site.
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KLHK with hiking communities, organizations, and associations will set up clean waste procedure guidance for national parks and outside national parks.
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry awarded four companies at the peak of National Waste Care Day for their waste management on Tuesday (28/2), in Kenjeran, Surabaya.
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Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Tuesday (28/2) encouraged industries and public, in general, to take responsibilities and manage their own wastes.