Bali tourist island also has a headache because of plastic waste

The Indonesian Forest Service spokesperson, Suratman, said that this world-famous tourist island of Van Dao is also suffering from the pollution caused by plastic waste.

Bali island

According to Suratman, although garbage at resorts' beaches is regularly collected to ensure the landscape and environment for visitors, the remaining coastal areas, especially the mangrove forests of the park. Ngurah Rai forest in the south of Bali's capital Denpasar, covering an area of ​​102 hectares, is being heavily polluted by dozens of tons of waste from hard-to-destroy plastics such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, food containers or furniture. drink metal.

The director of the Ngurah Rai Forest Park, Irwan Abdullah, said that the number of garbage cleaners and the budget for this work is limited, the working conditions are difficult due to marsh and garbage is stuck in the roots, so even though each up to 4 garbage trucks are collected, but this natural conservation area is still littered with garbage.

The provincial government of the island of Bali is actively propagating and mobilizing people not to dispose of plastic waste into the river or the sea, as the tide eventually sweeps them ashore.

However, this is a very difficult job to change the living habits of local people.