Sorting Trash Brings Benefits
The middle-aged man had transported the used plastic bottles, plastic bags and glass bottles to the waste bank on his bicycle. He and his family had sorted the trash at home for reselling to make an additional income.
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Garbage piles up on a beach of Madura Island in Kamal district, Bangkalan regency, East Java, as seen on this picture taken on Friday (30/11/2018). The low awareness of maintaining cleanliness has led to the pollution of the region’s waters and beaches, potentially causing diseases and damaging the ecosystem.
“Today I made Rp 20,000 [US$1.40], pretty good,” said Yanto, 51, of Gubeng, Surabaya, after reselling the trash he had collected to the Surabaya Central Waste Bank on Saturday (1/12/2018).
The middle-aged man had transported the used plastic bottles, plastic bags and glass bottles to the waste bank on his bicycle. He and his family had sorted the trash at home for reselling to make an additional income.