Resolving Plastic Waste Problem
Plastic waste is becoming an increasingly serious threat to public health and the environment. The government and the public at large must work together to resolve the problem.
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A fisherman walks towards a beach covered in garbage in Paciran district, Lamongan regency, East Java, on Thursday (22/11/2018). Besides causing diseases for residents living on the coast, the garbage – consisting largely of plastic waste – pollutes the sea and endangers the marine ecosystem.
Plastic waste is becoming an increasingly serious threat to public health and the environment. The government and the public at large must work together to resolve the problem.
This daily reported that two separate studies by Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences’ oceanographic research center have found microplastic content in salt and fish. The studies, respectively, used samples taken from salt ponds in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi, and Central Java’s northern coast in Pati, Kudus, Demak and Rembang.