Brilio.net – Brilio.net quotes data from Making Oceans Plastic Free (2017) stating that an average of 182.7 billion plastic bags are used in Indonesia every year. Of this amount, the total weight of plastic bag waste in Indonesia can reach 1,278,900 tons per year. Plastic bag waste also contributes at least 40 percent of all plastic waste in Indonesia.
Even though there is currently an intensive campaign about no plastic bags, these efforts are still not optimal in reducing plastic waste in Indonesia. Fortunately, a number of regions in every region of Indonesia have their own strategies for reducing plastic waste. For example, in the Banyumas area, they are turning plastic waste in their area into paving blocks.
Led by the Regent of Banyumas, Achmad Husein, created a program to process plastic waste into something useful and has sales value, one of which is paving blocks. Paving blocks made of plastic have been installed on Jalan Bung Karno, Purwokerto. So what does the road made of plastic paving blocks look like? Brilio.net compiled from TikTok @azffam, here is the complete portrait, Sunday (4/2).