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City 6 years ago
Jakarta’s trash output down during COVID-19 but environmentalists warn of possible increase
Andhini Miranda, an initiator of the Zero Waste Indonesia movement, said people could use cloth face masks instead of single-use masks, wash their hands frequently with soap instead of wearing gloves and use cloths instead of paper towels to wipe down surfaces with disinfectant
National 6 years ago
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River troops: Jakarta's unsung heroes who try to keep city's waterways clean
The workers, wearing orange uniforms and matching rubber boots, are tasked with collecting trash to keep Jakarta’s rivers and riverbanks clean — no small feat in a city where littering remains a massive issue.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Ban trash fires, Jakarta, and help the air
Some 1.1 billion tons of waste — more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage — is burned in open piles, the study’s authors found, contributing more emissions than had been previously known, especially in developing countries like Mexico, Ghana and, yes, Indonesia.
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