Student finds 19-year-old plastic noodle wrapper on Java beach


Non-degradable: The plastic packaging features a phrase that reads ‘Dirgahayu 55 Tahun Indonesiaku’ that was posted on Twitter. — The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA: A photo depicting an intact piece of plastic garbage resembling an old Indomie packaging has gone viral on social media.

The photograph – which was posted on Twitter by Fianisa Tiara Pradani, a 19-year-old student majoring in ocean studies at Brawijaya University in Malang, East Java – has garnered significant attention as the plastic packaging featured a phrase that read “Dirgahayu 55 Tahun Indonesiaku” (“Happy 55th Anniversary, my Indonesia”), indicating that the wrap dated from the year 2000.

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