We use more plastics during the pandemic! This article is the first article out of two articles about plastic waste, pandemic and environmental impact. This article is a spin-off of the Tulodo Environmental Series article. Plastic waste remains a significant environmental issue in Indonesia. The country currently produces more than 190,000 tonnes of waste every day. The Indonesian Government has set a target of a 30% reduction of wasteContinue reading Plastics Waste in the Time of Corona
Tulodo and AECOM have been appointed by SYSTEMIQ to conduct a mid-term evaluation of Project STOP in Indonesia. Project STOP is a city partnership initiative to accelerate waste management solutions in Indonesia, working with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Continue reading Tulodo appointed to evaluate Project STOP in response to global crisis of marine plastic pollution.
As the final part of the Tulodo Environmental Series, this article will cover how the recycled waste system works in Indonesia. As described in the previous article (Article 1 and Article 2), at the household level waste is stored in different containers prior to collection, such as in plastic bins, plastic bags, and brick containers built in front of houses. As mentioned in the first article of the series, in Indonesia, the average solid waste generation …Continue reading The journey of a recycled plastic bottle
Kematian paus sperma karena menelan 22 kg sampah plastik di Italia pada awal bulan ini bukanlah kasus pertama yang kita dengar. Pada November 2018, seekor paus sperma ditemukan mati setelah menelan 5,9 kg sampah plastik di Wakatobi, Sulawesi Tenggara . Kasus ini menjadi pertanda bagi kita bahwa kita telah terlalu banyak mengonsumsi plastik. Untuk melawan gaya hidup ketergantungan plastikContinue reading Melihat Isu Sampah dari Kacamata Budaya Sunda
Waste generation remains a major problem for many countries and major cities around the world. In Indonesia, average solid waste generation per capita was 0.49 kg per day in 2015, and it keeps increasing. It is predicted that Indonesia will produce 67.1 million tonnes of solid waste in 2019, mostly generated by households. Continue reading Time to End Confusion over Waste Separation