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S9E5: Indonesia’s Ocean Plastic Cleanup Plan
FromSustainable Asia
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15 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Indonesia has more than 3 million tons of plastic leaking into the ocean every year. Its government announced a plan to cut marine plastic waste by 70% by 2025, so they reached out to the World Economic Forum’s plastic waste initiative for help. But who are the women driving this process and how are they going to put Indonesia on a roadmap to solve their plastic waste dilemma? Guests:Helen Pananggung - Restaurant Captain at Lembeh Resort, Green Guru in the village for Lembeh FoundationKirana Agustina - Policy Specialist for Global Plastic Action Partnership at World Resources InstituteNani Hendiarti - Director for Maritime science and Technology in the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment AffairsKristin Hughes - Director of Global Plastic Action Partnership at the World Economic ForumTiza Mafira, Associate Director at Climate Policy Initiative, co-founder and Executive Director of the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet MovementFurther Reading:NPAP Report: Radically Reducing Plastic Pollution in Indonesia: A Multi Stakeholder Action PlanGPAP IndonesiaNPAP WRI Indonesiawww.LembehFoundation.org Donations support projects in nearby towns like Helen Pananggung’s village. Production credits:Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long Associate producer: YuFei WuSound Engineer: Chris WoodIntro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Follow us on Twitter@SustainableAsia and Facebook@sustainableasiaco. Sign up for email updates on our website.
Released:
Jul 9, 2020
Format:
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