The Jakarta Post,
Hundreds of hotel employees got their hands dirty Saturday morning to remove the trash piling up on Kuta beach, although government officials remain skeptical that the build-up of trash on the beach -- due to seasonal rains -- will ever stop. In a clean-up campaign initiated by the Kuta district chief and the Badung regent, the hotel employees collected glass, plastic and paper (as well as seaweed and stray branches) that has collected on the shores of Kuta beach. The frustration among the volunteers was apparent, as they remain helpless against preventing the build up of trash in Kuta. During the rainy season, trash washes down from inland rivers and covers the beach's southern and eastern shores. "We're cleaning up because this is related to our income as hoteliers. Tourists won't want to come to Bali anymore if this disgusting condition continues," one hotel employee, who ...