Food for Thought
Kenneth Yeung masticates a moody forkful of rotten food. Strolling around West Jakarta last week¸ I encountered an obese woman...
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Let’s Try Not to Waste Anything
“STOP USING PLASTIC STRAWS! SAVE THE TURTLES! DON’T LITTER! BRING YOUR OWN SHOPPING BAG! STOP USING PLASTIC CUPS! TRY USING...
Houses that Protect Paradise
While Indonesia is currently banning single-use plastic bags there’s still an abundance of plastic waste littering its streets, oceans, and...
PD Pasar Jaya to Make Animal Feed from Jakarta’s Waste
Director of Engineering of PD Pasar Jaya, Dono Pratomo, has announced his plans to process organic waste from 153 markets...
Trash-free Superheroes
Some superheroes fly or fight crime with extraordinary powers, but on Bali, local superheroes are helping to rid their communities...
Leftover Wedding Food Donated to Needy in New Bridal Vendor Program
Typical Indonesian weddings are synonymous with abundance of buffet food offered to hundreds of guests. In many cases, some of...
Indonesia’s Plastic Plague
Where does the world’s largest archipelago currently stand in the fight to save Earth from turning into a ‘plastic planet’?...
Public’s response to new paid plastic bag policy
In a bid to reduce the production of plastic waste, as many as 22 cities in Indonesia have simultaneously witnessed...
Producing Durable Pallets from Recycled Plastic Waste
Bali (and Indonesia) has received a lot of negative press in recent years with regards to plastic litter. This issue,...
Facing Desperate Waste Problems, Indonesia Hustles to Find Answers
The Government says it will improve the garbage bank system in a bid to ease some of the burden...
Participatory Flood Risk Management: What the common man in the street can do
It wasn't unexpected although it has happened many times before. But still, when confronted with the swirling mass of brown...
Bali’s Doomed Love Affair with Plastic
When I began to research this article, I saw the immense problem that is literally choking the life out of...