Plastic has big range variety of usage. Based on the type, it is differentiated by PET* (Bottle Water), PP* (Cup Water, Bottle Cup, and Bucket), HDPE* (Shampoo Bottle, Oil Bottle, and Jerry Can), and Polybag itself can belongs to PE* or PP (depends on their characteristics). Safwan et.al, 2005, mentioned that HDPE and PP are the top list of plastic waste which produced in Surabaya and Jakarta, with total 11,69% and less than 2% produced by others. The percentage of plastic waste seems small comparing to the total waste produced but it is multiplied by million metrics and plastic waste is not degradable.
Indonesia coastal population was 187,2 million and generated 0,52 kg waste person per day with 11% of its plastic waste in 2010, Jambeck, 2015. The waste produced by person per day seems low comparing to other developing countries such as Malaysia (1,52 kg/ppd) with 13% of its plastic waste, Thailand (1,2 kg/ppd) with 12% of its plastic waste, and Brazil (1,03 kg/ppd) with 16% of its plastic waste but the problem is our mismanaged plastic waste which can reach 3,22 million metric tons per year and contributed to 10,1% mismanaged plastic waste and resulting to plastic entrance to ocean with 0,48 - 1,29 million metric tons per year. We can conclude that Indonesia should find the better methods to improve their plastic waste management.
In actual condition, Indonesia has thousand islands and to start good waste management will not an easy task. So, let's focus on big cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta and Surabaya. Their coast surrounded by waste especially plastic but it is not solely from their beach but also from the river. People still tend to throw away their waste to the river, it is resulting to the flood and dirty river. In long terms, the plastic dissolved into 5 mm pieces, called micro plastic, eaten by fish and followed by human. Plastic also covered mangrove and other microorganism, in severe condition, it contains toxic and clog the respiratory like what happen in video below.
In conclusion, the plastic waste problem in Indonesia is a deep problem in habit of Indonesian people. We can make campaign to use less plastic or biodegradable plastic but if we keep dispose plastic to the river or to the beach, we still contribute to making process of The Plastic Ocean of Indonesia. The punishment maybe already strict but if not supported by strong surveillance of our communities it will leads to The Plastic Ocean. People tend to copy other behavior, we should stop it and remind others to not throw plastic to the river or the beach. We also need more creative punishment, it should not about the money but clean up all waste on the beach or the river in a week, their activities should be posted by related departments in the social media. It can make deterrent effect and people know about how big the plastic problem in Indonesia.
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PET : Polyethylene Terephthalate
PP : Polypropylene
HDPE : High Denstity Polyethylene
PE : Polyethylene
Indonesia coastal population was 187,2 million and generated 0,52 kg waste person per day with 11% of its plastic waste in 2010, Jambeck, 2015. The waste produced by person per day seems low comparing to other developing countries such as Malaysia (1,52 kg/ppd) with 13% of its plastic waste, Thailand (1,2 kg/ppd) with 12% of its plastic waste, and Brazil (1,03 kg/ppd) with 16% of its plastic waste but the problem is our mismanaged plastic waste which can reach 3,22 million metric tons per year and contributed to 10,1% mismanaged plastic waste and resulting to plastic entrance to ocean with 0,48 - 1,29 million metric tons per year. We can conclude that Indonesia should find the better methods to improve their plastic waste management.
In actual condition, Indonesia has thousand islands and to start good waste management will not an easy task. So, let's focus on big cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta and Surabaya. Their coast surrounded by waste especially plastic but it is not solely from their beach but also from the river. People still tend to throw away their waste to the river, it is resulting to the flood and dirty river. In long terms, the plastic dissolved into 5 mm pieces, called micro plastic, eaten by fish and followed by human. Plastic also covered mangrove and other microorganism, in severe condition, it contains toxic and clog the respiratory like what happen in video below.
In conclusion, the plastic waste problem in Indonesia is a deep problem in habit of Indonesian people. We can make campaign to use less plastic or biodegradable plastic but if we keep dispose plastic to the river or to the beach, we still contribute to making process of The Plastic Ocean of Indonesia. The punishment maybe already strict but if not supported by strong surveillance of our communities it will leads to The Plastic Ocean. People tend to copy other behavior, we should stop it and remind others to not throw plastic to the river or the beach. We also need more creative punishment, it should not about the money but clean up all waste on the beach or the river in a week, their activities should be posted by related departments in the social media. It can make deterrent effect and people know about how big the plastic problem in Indonesia.
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PET : Polyethylene Terephthalate
PP : Polypropylene
HDPE : High Denstity Polyethylene
PE : Polyethylene