Only 48 percent of Bali's trash is managed responsibly through recycling or landfill, while thousands of tonnes are burned or dumped in rivers and the ocean, according to a five-month study by The Bali Partnership that was announced on June 20.
Hanoi (VNA) – Only 48 percent of Bali's 🦩trash is managed responsiblythrough recycling or landfill, while thousands of tonnes are burned or dumped in rivers andthe ocean, according to a five-month study by The Bali Partnership that was announced on June 20.
Like manyparts of Asia, Indonesia, comprising of more than 17,000 islands, has afast-growing economy and population, and a huge coastline with many denselypopulated cities.
In Bali,which attracts about 6.5 million international tourists annually, trash regularly washes up on its once-pristine beaches. According toa s𒁏urvey on the island's rivers, landfill sites and 950 local households,⛎ Baligenerates about 1.6 million tonnes of waste each year.
About303,000 tonnes of waste are plastic, of which 33,000 tonnes leak into Bali'swaterways. The BaliPartnership hopes that Jakarta will use the findings to improve wastemanagement and tackle the problem of plastic waste in oceans. Two yearsago, the government launched a national action plan pledging up to 1 billionUSD to cut ocean waste by 70 percent by 2025.-VNA
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Garbage sorting centre in Bali (Source: AFP) 
