JAKARTA - Minister of Environment (LH)/Head of the Environmental Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif Faisiol Nurofiq asked producers to obey local government regulations to limit the use of single-use plastics to suppress the onset of plastic waste.
In the commemoration of World Environment Day 2025 in Badung, Bali, Minister of Environment and Environment appreciated the Governor of Bali Wayan Koster for issuing regulations regarding restrictions on bottled water bottles under one liter, with only one producer who has not stated their ability to comply with these provisions.
"Earlier, the Governor said that one of the producers who did not support the Governor's efforts to get to Bali was clean. I remind you today, immediately follow what the Governor has directed or will face the Minister of the Environment," said Minister Hanif, Thursday, June 5.
He reminded the urgency to suppress plastic waste, referring to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report in 2021 that there is a production of 400 million tons of plastic every year, of which only 10 percent of them are successfully recycled.
This situation was also found in Indonesia, because according to Minister Hanif, the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) has reported that out of 34.2 million tons of waste in 2024 out of 317 districts/cities, 19.74 percent of which are plastic waste.
In fact, he explained, only 39.01 percent of national waste was properly managed, while the rest ended up in the opening dumping or open disposal site, burning or even polluting the environment.
Therefore, the theme "Stop Plastic Pollution" highlighted by World Environment Day 2025 should be a call, not only for awareness but also for action.
He asked for the involvement of the business world to suppress the onset of plastic waste, by designing recycled products.
"Please remember that all businesses have no more reason to continue producing plastic that we cannot process and it is difficult for us to recycle, which is difficult for us to catch again in the field. For example, small plastic sasets," said Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.
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