Environmental activists emphasize that there are no Sachet rules in Bali -Assbik

Jakarta – Environmental activists interviewed the governor of Bali I Wayan Koster who did not prohibit the production and distribution of bag packaging in his circular (s) number 9 of 2025 regarding the Bali Clean Waste movement. Oddly enough, in one of the governor, the governor prohibits the packaged drinking water products under one liter that have clearly economic value and can be easily recycled. Coordinator of the Plastic Waste Research Agency census programs for the NUSANTARA RIVER (Brown, Muhamad Kholid Basyaiban said that this bag of waste is a category of remaining waste that is very difficult to recycle. not. Because the garbage is many, later it will not be done, it can be a disaster for the handling that Sachet packaging is indeed like a market share strategy for producers to achieve big profits. to reduce plastic waste, also regret the existence of discriminatory in handling waste in Bali. “Why is it exactly Sachet waste that does not have their products in Bali. But strangely enough, exactly garbage that has economic value and is easily recycled, such as bottled drinking water under one liter, is very concerned about the Bali provincial government in the governor’s circular. Indeed, ongoing Kholid, based on experience in performing the garbage audit brand, he acknowledged that it was very difficult to locate this bag of waste. “Because the Sachet nature is possible if it sinks into the water and goes through the very deep river,” he said. According to him, although the garbage of glass packaging and drinking water bottles is distributed in the area, this garbage has economic value if it is in the hands of the scavengers. Kholid said this kind of waste would be managed compared to bags that no one had spread in the area, no one wanted to take it. “In fact, scavengers do not want to take it because there is no economic value, there is no sales value. It is a pity that the provincial government in the policy does not pay the slightest attention to this bag of waste,” he said. Furthermore, according to him, if you want to talk about the garbage, the main concern of every provincial government, including the Bali provincial government, is Sachet plastic waste. “That is, the producers of the Sachet packaging must also be prohibited from producing bags,” Kholid said. The same was also expressed by Ecoton Brand Audit coordinator, Alaika Rahmatullah, who said that the level of public unrest on the waste of bags would be deeper. “In addition, the big producers who produce bags show a disturbing paradox. See not only the quantity, but also about how the producers’ responsibilities are on the environmental impact of their operating activities,” he said. Alaika also regretted Bali’s -Governor who did not highlight this Sachet waste. “In fact, this bag of waste must be the main focus, because the garbage is hard to recycle,” Alaika said. According to him, there should be no selective note in dealing with the garbage problem. Alaika said the Bali provincial government should not be selected in dealing with the problem of disposable plastic waste. “In addition, to ban the packaging of plastic waste that can be easily recycled, but instead leaves a tempting waste manufacturer, which is difficult to recycle, such as bag packing,” he said. On the other hand, the Toxics and Zero Waste Nexus3 Foundation Program Manager, Ninditha Proboretno, revealed that Bali also has problems associated with bags and not just garbage of plastic and bottle drinking water packaging. “If you really want to reduce waste in Bali, all types of disposable plastic should be banned from producing, including bags of food and beverage products and cleaning products,” says Ninditha. Nindhita said based on the audith brand that Nexus3 did in Bali in 2019, a number of large producers were found donated by Sachet Waste in Bali. He also said that these producers remain the biggest contributor to Sachet in Bali every year. “So -called, they should also be subject to a ban on the production of business products if they want to reduce the disposable plastic waste. In addition, these bags cannot be dissolved and it is difficult to regain and does not have economic value for scavengers and recycling industries,” he said. As is known, it is said that the ban on the Governor of Bali to producers of glass packaging and drinking water bottles refers to research done by the Watch River. The auditing of waste by the Watch River is summarized in a report entitled ‘Watch Impact Report 2024’. From the garbage selection performed by the Watch River in Rivers in Bali and Banyuwangi, East Java, during 2024, a waste audit was obtained where 5.5% of the garbage was in the neat bags and only 4.4% garbage was out of disposable plastic packaging. Furthermore, 91,667 items were found in the audit place that were successfully linked in rivers in Bali and Banyuwangi. It is therefore natural that some environmental activists have also been questioned about the Governor of Bali who does not emphasize this bag of waste in his policy. (AKN/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here