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Added on the 17/03/2016 11:18:16 - Copyright : Reuters EN
As Indonesia's capital struggles with a mounting trash problem, one local man is taking matters into his own hands by recycling plastic waste into fuel for his scooter. Matthew Stock reports
Banda Aceh, Oct 18 (EFE/EPA).- An Indonesian man makes stools from used plastic bottles as part of environmental solution. Zainuddin is a teacher who starts using used bottles as materials for making stools and sofas, a side business he started during the COVID-19 pandemic. He developed the idea of making stools using used bottles as a form of environmental preservation and increasing the family's incomes during the economic recession caused by the pandemic. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK). SHOT LIST: ZAINUDDIN MAKES STOOLS FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES AT HIS WORKSHOP IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Banda Aceh, Feb 25 (EFE/EPA).- The Deputy for Coordination of Environment and Forestry Management at the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, said that 0.62 million tons of plastic waste leaked into the sea through rivers. Indonesia has more than 330 rivers which could be a potential way for waste to enter the sea.(Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: PLASTIC WASTE IN A RIVER IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Denpasar, Jan 1 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian workers on Friday cleaned up piles of debris and plastic waste brought in by strong waves at Kuta Beach in the famous island of Bali. (Camera: MADE NAGI).SHOT LIST: WORKERS CLEAN UP PILES OF DEBRIS AND PLASTIC WASTE ON KUTA BEACH IN BALI, INDONESIA.
Ho Chi Minh, Oct 20 (EFE/EPA).-A small business in Vietnam is taking plastic waste pollution and turning it into furniture ranging from elegant pieces of design to social housing.(Camera: ERIC SAN JUAN)SHOT LIST: THE WORKSHOP AND WORKERS OF "PLASTIC PEOPLE". SOUND BITES: NANO MORANTE (ON THE LEFT) AND NÉSTOR CATALÁN (ON THE RIGHT) (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:NANO MORANTE:"Plastic People is a solution to a waste problem that everyone overlooks. It came from an idea to find a solution that was not only eco-friendly but also social, a way of using garbage to give hope to people,""The possibilities with this material are endless, our only limit is creativity"NÉSTOR CATALÁN:"To transform it into something useful, something that can be in our lives on a material level, such as furniture, construction, it is something we are trying. We are transforming garbage, which is a problem, to something that we want, that we need, something that is useful for our homes, for our businesses""What we want is to stop complaining about the problems there are and to act. It's time to take action, to look for solutions rather than blaming others or the world or society. We are the society and it is our responsibility to look for solutions to the problems that we create. We create that garbage, that garbage did not exist years ago. It is garbage that has become natural, but isn't, we created it, and we have the capacity to come up with a solution."
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