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A recent report shows that plastic waste, much of which was imported from the West, has contaminated eggs produced by free-range chickens in two villages in East Java.Bangun village and Tropodo village have been inundated by imported plastics and other hazardous waste since last year when China closed its doors to the importation of 24 types of waste material.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has put the spotlight on the world’s mounting plastic waste problems during this year's East Asia Summit (EAS), suggesting that state leaders collaborate to handle the issue, particularly with regard to environmentally hazardous waste.
Indonesia’s problem of plastic waste pollution is not the result of the occasional rogue foreign shipment. It is caused mainly by each one of us, the hundreds of millions of convenience-minded consumers who have become so used to buying cosmetics, household detergents, water, eggs in boxes and packaged food in single-use packaging. #commentary
As the country’s waste management is still considered meager, many are urging the Trade Ministry to revise its 2016 regulation on nonhazardous waste imports to prevent a surge of unsorted waste to Indonesia's shores.
