Recently, during the annual National Environment and Forestry Week in Indonesia, the capital Jakarta launched a large-scale anti-plastic bag campaign, calling for people to reduce the use of disposable plastic bags, promote specially designed green bags, and promote marine cleanliness to the public. Concept, guide more people to pay attention to marine ecology.
Indonesia is known as the 'Country of the Isle of Man', and the annual amount of plastic waste entering the ocean reaches 1.3 million tons, one of the top ten marine plastic waste countries in the world. According to the statistics released by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia in June 2018, the past year In the waters around Indonesia, there are about 12 million tons of marine waste, 40% of which are plastic waste, which seriously damages the marine ecological environment of Indonesia.
In March of this year, a British diver shot a large amount of drifting plastic garbage in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. The golden coastline that Bali has always been proud of has also lost its original charm due to the erosion of accumulated plastic garbage. The plastic pollution incident in Bali has attracted the attention of international public opinion. In Indonesia, the long-term drift of plastic waste into rivers and oceans has caused a series of problems, including urban waterway blockage, increased flood risk, and marine life caused by swallowing garbage or being wrapped in plastic packaging. Scientists warn that plastic waste not only poses a hazard to marine life, but that toxic ingredients threaten human health through the food chain.
In the face of the growing problem of marine plastic waste pollution, the Indonesian government has taken a series of measures to reduce marine plastic waste by 70% by 2025 compared to 2017. First, restart the 'plastic limit order'. The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry drafted The ministerial order has now entered the stage of congressional discussion. Secondly, it plans to levy a tax on plastic products. The government's taxation of plastic products can effectively reduce the production of plastic waste from the source, but some scholars believe that taxation will lead to price increases, ultimately affecting implementation. Effect. Finally, strengthen citizen environmental awareness education and environmental protection knowledge publicity, especially in environmental awareness lectures and practical activities among young people, to make young people aware of the importance and urgency of environmental protection.
The treatment of plastic waste pollution has become part of the 'Indonesian Industry 4.0' strategy. In the "Industry 4.0 Budget Amendment" passed by the Indonesian National Congress, the Indonesian government approved an additional 2.57 trillion rupiah (about 1.209 billion yuan in 2018). RMB), used to accelerate the pace of 'Indonesia Industry 4.0' development, one of which is to establish a plastic waste recycling system.
Wang Dandan, a researcher at the China-Indonesia Humanities Exchange Research Center of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, believes that despite many measures, Indonesia still faces many practical difficulties in the management of marine plastic waste. On the one hand, the inter-island culture between Indonesia and the islands The difference is huge. For the government's environmental protection measures, the residents of Bali, Bali are more acceptable, but the residents of the outer islands or remote rural areas are not fully aware of the urgency of environmental protection due to their living habits and education levels. Due to limited technology and capital, plastic waste that can be degraded and recycled still accounts for a small amount, especially plastic waste discarded in the ocean, which is difficult to find and recycle.