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Visitors look at an art installation made from leftover plastic, cans and containers at the “Reduce Waste” exhibition in Hanoi (15/7/2019). This exhibition illustrates the pollution linked to household waste which has harmful impacts on the environment and children's health. (AFP Photo/Nhac Nguyen)

Meanwhile, international media have recently highlighted Indonesia's steps to return plastic waste to the country of origin. As we know, Indonesia dumped 210 tonnes of waste in Australia.

The waste in question is waste paper contaminated with electronic waste, used cans, plastic bottles, oil bottles and unsuitable shoes. Some are even classified as dangerous and toxic materials (B3).

The Guardian underlined this, in his article entitled “Indonesia sends waste back to Australia and says it's too contaminated.” At the opening of the discussion, journalists, namely Kate Lamb and Adam Morton, described the actions of Indonesian customs officers when inspecting imported waste in Tanjung Perak, Surabaya.

In the next section, Lamb and Morton relate the Indonesian measures to those of Malaysia and the Philippines. Indeed, these two neighboring countries are experiencing the same fate as Indonesia: being destinations for imported waste, especially after China banned imports of foreign plastic waste.

The two journalists also discussed Indonesia's previous position of sending back 49 containers full of waste to France and other developed countries. Finally, Lamb and Morton said Indonesia currently faces some pretty significant domestic problems.

Two Singaporean media featured

In addition The Guardiantwo online information portals based in Singapore did not fail to mention this subject. Asia News Channel (CNA) reports the same thing, with a difference at the end where CNA mentions plastic pollution clogging rivers in Southeast Asia.

Apart from this, sea creatures found dead near the place have also been reported.

Another Lion Country-based media outlet, The Straits Times, also highlighted RI's measures. In the last part, the media highlights the global problem where around 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year. The electronic newspaper cites data from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), adding that most of it ends up in landfills or pollutes the sea.