Novel approach to tackle Indonesia’s plastic waste crisis

DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) – Art installations, including one resembling a faucet pouring plastic bottles into the streets of Surabaya in Indonesia, are making rounds on social media, The Peninsula Qatar reports. 

The installations erected by university students and environmental activists aim to raise public awareness on the Asian country’s mounting plastic waste crisis.

Without intervention, global plastic pollution will continue to affect marine life, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, which says the global plastic production is projected to surge from its current 400 million metric tonnes annually to over 1 billion metric tonnes in the coming decades.

Indonesia has pledged to reduce plastic waste by 70% by the end of 2025.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced that the government is drafting new regulations on waste management to transform waste into energy sources.

Reports said that the country plans to “process plastic waste through pyrolysis to produce fuel oil, bioenergy, and electricity.”