Awaiting Positive Impacts
The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-14) in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 29 – May 10, 2019, was lauded by environmental activists as the start of a new era in the war against plastic waste.
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Various types of plastic waste are separated according to type and color in Kalirejo village, Ungaran Timur district, Semarang regency, Central Java, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The workers sell the plastic to a plastic processing factory for Rp 5,500 to Rp 14,000 per kilogram based on the type.
The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-14) in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 29 – May 10, 2019, was lauded by environmental activists as the start of a new era in the war against plastic waste. The plastic waste trade is now regulated by the international agreement, which will go into full effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
For Indonesia, the convention results were nothing new. National regulations banned plastic waste imports 11 years ago.