{"id":156,"date":"2022-04-03T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T06:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequill135544757.wordpress.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:42:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:42:37","slug":"should-single-use-plastic-products-be-banned-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Should single-use plastic products be banned in Indonesia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>We are from Secondary 3 Faith and we believe that Indonesia should ban single use plastic products. We use plastic because it is inexpensive and more convenient to use, but have you ever wondered, where do single use plastic products go once we throw them away?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to borgenproject.org, 6.8 million tons of plastic waste per year is produced in Indonesia, but only 10% is recycled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Single use plastics are harmful to Indonesia in many ways. For example, it can harm the wildlife, pollute the ocean, and produce greenhouse gasses. In fact, the effects of single use plastics on the environment are not only unsightly but can also be devastating to the ecosystems. Single use plastics are used once but it needs hundreds of years to break them down in landfills. Those which are not in landfills are burnt which causes serious emission problems or enters the environment as litter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a fact that Indonesia has suffered from the plastic crisis for a long time, especially the marine life and the ocean. Many marine animals have died due to their digestive system clogged up by a lot of plastic waste. Thus, plastic pollution kills more wildlife than any other factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to The Diplomat website<\/em>, the Citarum River, the third largest river in the whole of Java, at some parts of it, we cannot even see the water. Its surface is completely covered by the unimaginable amount of waste, trash, and dead animals floating on it. If we are lucky enough to have a glimpse of the water, we will see that it is coloured black due to the excessive amount of toxic chemicals being dumped into the river by industries. Not surprisingly, since 2008, nearly 60 percent of the river\u2019s fish species have been destroyed. Yet despite those very poor conditions, the Citarum River is vital for the 25 million people who depend on daily it for agriculture, water, and electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website also mentioned that every day, no less than 20,000 tons of waste and 340,000 tons of wastewater, mostly from 2,000 textile factories, are disposed<\/a> directly into the once clear and pristine waterways of the Citarum River. No wonder, in 2018, it was dubbed by the World Bank as the \u201cDirtiest River in the World\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We believe that there are way better alternatives to single use plastics, some including cotton-made and paper-made materials. We can use eco-bags which are washable. Not only are these materials biodegradable, but these can be used more than once compared to single use plastic bags. In our experience, we have seen many people including our moms double bagging their heavier groceries just because one single plastic bag might not be strong enough to hold the items bought. So, we suggest that it is better for everyone to use reusable bags which are more eco-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Dylan, Jessica, Michelle, Vincent, Matthew, and Russel (Secondary 3 Faith)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are from Secondary 3 Faith and we believe that Indonesia should ban single use plastic products. We use plastic because it is inexpensive and more convenient to use, but have you ever wondered, where do single use plastic products go once we throw them away? According to borgenproject.org, 6.8 million tons of plastic waste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quill.binabangsaschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}