Waste banks, corporation seek to reduce flexible plastic waste

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Unlike plastic bottle waste, which already has a number of dedicated recycling facilities, flexible plastic such as sachets or pouch packaging is usually only dumped in final disposal sites for nothing. Indonesia’s largest consumer goods producer, Unilever, inaugurated eight drop-off points for flexible plastic waste in eight cities on Feb. 28 to commemorate National Waste Awareness Day.

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(The Jakarta Post/Vela Andapita)