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By Willie Corniawan
Pangoon, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia 's crackdown on waste from abroad has been a source of confusion for residents of Pangun village.
Faced with an influx of waste imports after China's closure by China, Indonesia has tightened the rules of import and customs control, resulting in the repatriation of hundreds of tons waste from abroad.
Nature groups praised the campaign, but Bangun residents say the reduction of waste from countries like the United States, Canada and Australia is drying up a source of significant income.
"If they want to deprive us of that, they have to find a solution," said Heri Mbadoud, who was taking a break after sorting piles of garbage in the village of 3,600 residents. The government does not create jobs.
In the yards of Bangun's front and back houses, garbage accumulates on land where rice was grown.
Among the piles, residents are looking for plastic and aluminum materials for sale to recycling companies. Tofu cheese manufacturers also buy waste to burn as fuel during the manufacture of this type of soybean.
Salama, 54, said recycling waste had brought him money, allowing him to educate his children and buy a house and cattle.
Environmentalists say that piles of waste can be profitable, but that they pose a threat to people's health.
Ecoton environmental research has found that plastic particles pollute the groundwater in nearby Bangun Village and the nearby Brantas River, and more than five million people in the area use it as a source of water. 'potable water.
Indonesia imported 283,000 tons of plastic waste last year, an increase of 141 percent over the previous year. According to a 2015 study, the country ranks as the second largest pollutant in the world's oceans.
(Reuters)
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