Discussion At The PKB DPP, Environmental Activists Called Schools To Use Plastic At Once Using

Illustration of single-use plastic waste. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Environmental activist Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani reminded all parties about the dangers of using single-use plastic to the environment and health of children.

Noting the importance of this, Aeshnina said a number of environmental activists also called for single-use plastic waste-free schools.

The call has been made to the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Mendikbudristek) Nadiem Anwar Makarim to prohibit the use of single-use plastic in the school environment. "That applies to all schools in Indonesia. I am sure that the use of single-use plastic waste will decrease," he said when he was a resource person in a discussion entitled "Time for Millennials to Save Earth" held by the PKB DPP in Jakarta, Monday, February 6, was confiscated by Antara.

In the discussion chaired by the Millennial DPP Spokesperson for PKB Nada Fuady and Mrs. Bunyamin Sinaga, Aeshnina also said that she had socialized the dangers of using single-use plastic to schools.

"Still, they think that single-use plastic bags are simpler, more comfortable, and do not contain poison, even though, they are very toxic. Single-use plastic waste can only be digested with soil within hundreds of years, not to mention that the toxins contained can cause health problems for children," he said.

He hopes that his steps and movements with environmental activist friends to prohibit single-use plastic in schools will receive support from the community. "Community support is very important," he said.