Styrofoam is widely used but with little to no waste processing, leaving large amounts degraded in nature and found on beaches.
Ruhani Nitiyudo, co-founder of the Antheia Project, said of the various projects that Antheia was undertaking, one of which was a beach clean-up with the locals on the coastal areas of North Jakarta and the Thousand islands regency, the group found Styrofoam being one of the major plastic wastes washed up on the shores.
“We realize Styrofoam is one of the biggest [environmental] issues and when they get to become smaller pieces, they become microplastic,” Ruhani said. The Antheia Project is trying to popularize its campaign with the social media hashtag #SayNoToStyrofoam.She added that reducing Styrofoam usage was the main way to combat the growing waste as the number of recyclers that accept them were too few to be effective.
In 2019, the Environment and Forestry Ministry issued a ministerial regulation No. 75/2019, which stipulates that plastic producers must set up a waste reduction road map for their products.
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