Microplastic rain in Indonesia shows need for responsible producers and good governance: Comment


A motorcycle rider braves the rain on March 14 in the Senopati area, South Jakarta. - Antara viaThe Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA: The recent viral phenomena of "microplastic rain" in Jakarta is not a passing story, it is a stark warning of Indonesia's plastic contamination catastrophe.

It is physical proof that plastic pollution has spread from the ocean and land to the air, returning to Earth as minute particles.

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