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Waste goes global: Instagrammer documents Indonesian debris found on Phuket beach
Some netizens were aghast at the scope of marine pollution when an Indonesian living in Thailand posted photographs of Indonesian product packaging that had washed up on a Thai beach.
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Global garbage: Ivana Kurniawati, an Indonesian living in Thailand, posted on her Instagram account (@ivana_kurniawati) this photograph taken on Sunday during a coastal clean-up event at Nai Yang Beach in Phuket, Thailand. Among the marine debris that had washed ashore were easily recognizable packaging from Indonesian-made products, she said. (instagram.com/@ivana_kurniawati)
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he country has made a bold commitment to reduce the plastic waste polluting its waters in an attempt to tackle the critical marine debris problem at home, but its war on marine litter comes not a moment too soon for the region – if not overdue – with Indonesian waste washing up on a Thai beach.
Images recently surfaced on social media showing plastic packaging and other waste from Indonesian-made products that have washed ashore on a beach in Phuket, Thailand, shocking Indonesian internet users on the alarming state of marine pollution.
The images were shared on Instagram by Ivana Kurniawati (@ivana_kurniawati), an Indonesian living in Thailand, when she joined a coastal clean-up with local residents on Sunday at Phuket’s Nai Yang Beach.
Ivana showed through a series of photos the kind of trash she had found during the activity, ranging from the plastic packaging of an Indonesian-made sauce, the plastic cup of an Indonesian beverage brand and Indonesian branded sandals.
“What’s shocking — and of course, embarrassing — for me is that most of the garbage that I can identify comes from Indonesia!” Ivana posted. “I don’t know how many years the garbage has been floating in the ocean.”
