BANGUN, Indonesia (AFP) — His weathered face breaks out in a big grin as Keman explains how sifting through rubbish paid for his children’s education, one of many in his Indonesian hometown basking in a waste-picking boom. Governments around the world are grappling with how to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic, but for the […]
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The Piles of Plastic Waste Swallowing Villages
When Indonesia announced it was returning eight shipping containers of Australian waste, it was an example of the failings of the global recycling system. Earlier this year, China slammed its door on foreign waste, and other countries are following suit. Now here in Australia, a lot of people are questioning what to put into their […]