Why We Exist
Problem: Poor Waste Management
Majority of waste producers tend to dump their waste in a nearby landfill, to be forgotten and never reaching the waste processing plants for its proper processing
Why is this so worrying?
Total Waste Produced
According to a 2017 survey by the Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership
Waste Recycled
Recycled in the approximately 1,300 recycling centers operating in the country (Indonesia)
Ended Up in the Sea
Most of the plastic was not properly collected and was dumped into landfills, causing it to end up in the sea
Where are all of these waste going to?
In open-dumping sites, waste is piled and disposed of in a manner that is not environmentally friendly, increasing the risk of fires and trash avalanches.
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At a sanitary landfill, the waste is buried to accelerate decomposition and prevent it from burning or becoming a source of diseases.
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Most regions still use open-dumping landfills.
More Statistics
Consequences: Marine Pollution
A report by researcher Jenna Jambeck ranked Indonesia as the world's second-worst marine plastic polluter for allowing about 1.29 million tons of plastic waste to enter the ocean in 2010 as a result of improper waste management.
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Consequences: Harm Towards Marine Life
A new study based on four years of diving on 159 reefs in the Pacific shows that reefs in four countries - Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar - are heavily contaminated with plastic.​
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Consequences: Promote spread of Diseases and Pests
Source: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/indonesias-poor-waste-management-system-may-worsen-pandemic
Lina Tri Mugi Astuti, secretary general of Indonesian Environmental Scientists Association (IESA), told an online discussion that Indonesia has 2,852 hospitals, 9,909 public health centers, and 8,841 health clinics. But less than 100 medical facilities that have their own medical waste treatments.