18 tonnes of trash collected during cleanup at Bali's Kuta beach

Visitors look out to sea as tree trunks and other debris lay scattered on Kuta Beach, Bali, on Tuesday. - JP/ANN

BALI (ANN): Local authorities in Bali have collected an estimated 18 tonnes of garbage, consisting mostly of plastic waste and tree branches washed ashore, during a three-day coastal cleanup effort at the famous Kuta Beach in Badung regency.

Officials from the Badung Environmental Agency started collecting the trash on Sunday. The agency estimated that at least six tonnes of garbage had been collected on each day of the operation. The trash was transported on three trucks.