Styrofoam waste in Indonesia still abundant and not properly addressed, says influential youth group


Be the change: Students from different elementary schools participate in an early-morning clean-up of Bali's most famous Kuta beach. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Feb 12 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Youth-led environmental group the Antheia Project says that Styrofoam is yet another dangerous waste that has not been properly addressed, being widely used but with little to no waste processing, leaving large amounts degraded in nature and found on beaches.

Ruhani Nitiyudo, co-founder of the Antheia Project, said of the various projects that Antheia was undertaking, one of which was a beach clean-up with the locals on the coastal areas of North Jakarta and the Thousand islands regency, the group found Styrofoam being one of the major plastic wastes washed up on the shores.

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