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shopping bags, plastic straws, and styro containers. By the end of January 2022, two provinces and 75 regencies/cities have issued regional policies related to waste reduction through the prohibition and restriction of single-use plastics. Figure 1 provide summary of Indonesia's national waste management regulations (as of July 2021). Due to

Indonesia identified as the second largest exporter of waste plastic from ASEAN countries, with the number of 20.2% of the total plastic export in the region. Most carrier bags sold

 — With this MoU with ExxonMobil and Indomobil Prima Energi, we aim to utilize our unique and patented advanced recycling technology to provide a solution for recycling plastic waste in Indonesia, helping to curb plastic waste and promote a more circular economy for plastics.".

With a population of 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. The country produces 3.2 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste a year, of which about 1.29 million tonnes ends up in the sea.

 — Plastic pollution, the impact of a tsunami of plastic waste trade into Indonesia, resulted in new policies. Watchdog reports and public pressures on the impact of plastic and paper waste trade contributed to improving the regulatory framework in …

 — Indonesia, like its neighbors Thailand and Malaysia, was hit by a tidal wave of foreign trash after China — long the top destination for rich nations' discarded plastic — stopped accepting it, and exporters in North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Korea scrambled to dispose of mountains of waste that quickly accumulated.

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 — Pressured by outrage at home and abroad over images of that plastic piled in villages and swirling through waterways, Indonesia cracked down on dirty, unsorted imports, tightening its regulations and stepping up enforcement.

 — Paper scrap imports rose by 6 percent to 3.24 million tonnes last year, while plastic scrap imports skyrocketed by 30 percent to 252,472 tonnes, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data show.