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 without 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).
1. Well, this is Bung Karno's path which has shocked netizens because the material is made from plastic.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
2. The brick-like object is made from inorganic waste in the Banyumas area.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
3. Achmad Husein as the Regent of Banyumas initiated the making of paving blocks to reduce and process plastic waste so that it can be turned into something useful.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
4. Reporting from blog.bem-unsoed.com, Banyumas itself produces 60 tons of plastic waste per day. So with these efforts it is hoped that we can reduce the problem of plastic waste.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
5. Still quoting from the same source, paving blocks are produced by Community Self-Help Groups (KSM) which manage Integrated Waste Storage Sites (TPST).
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
6. The manufacturing process itself involves plastic waste that has been shredded and then heated at a temperature of 300 Celsius until it turns into dough.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
7. Then the mixture is immediately put into the paving block printing machine, only after that it is colored to make it more attractive.
paving blocks from plastic
TikTok/@azffam
8. The advantage of plastic paving blocks is that they are stronger than using ordinary bricks. So that when the car is slammed or run over, it won't break .
9. Apart from paving blocks, the Banyumas government has also made plastic waste critical too, you know. Very creative, right?!
@azffam Is it just here that rubbish is put on the side of the road?! #purwokerto #garbage #city #fyp #fakes #fyi #info original sound - Drk Zvl
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