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Australia’s Plastic Waste Poisioning Our Babies: Paper Waste Sent from Australia Exceeds the Volume of Waste Produced and Managed at the Benowo Landfill in Surabaya

August 19, 2024, , , , , 0
Surabaya (19/08) – Environmental activists in East Java, Indonesia affiliated with the Ecological Observation and Wetland Conservations(Ecoton Foundation), staged a protest involving 50 people carrying baby dolls wrapped in plastic waste in front of the Australian Consulate General. They demanded an end to waste shipments from Australia to Indonesia. In 2024, 60-82% of Australia’s paper...

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