Is Sand a Garbage Paradise?
Bali is the most popular island in Indonesia among tourists. However, household waste and plastic waste can change this situation. In addition, the island authorities do not like the lack of drinking water. Eighty percent of the island’s economy depends on tourism, so water distribution ignores the needs of indigenous peoples. This is not fictional sand.
Despite continued efforts to clean up the beach, the garbage problem grows. Bottles, sunglasses, plastic bags and goggles, syringes, swimming trunks, and swimwear along the shore.
In December 2017, a trash iceberg occurred in Bali: 50 tons of waste was dumped off the coast within five days. They covered about 6 kilometers of coastline, forcing authorities to declare a “garbage dump” situation.
Trace traveled to various islands in Indonesia. The archipelago supplies 10% of the world’s waste to the oceans. The Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is littered with huge garbage dumps. The city’s water canals and rivers are covered with piles of plastic. The country does not take a respectable second place in terms of waste. The first place is in China. Sand still remains a green paradise, but the areas where tourists live incessantly are slowly changing color due to the increasing amount of plastic waste. According to the official statistics of the island alone, there are 15,000 cubic meters of dirt-bound corks and illegal land ways along.
The surfers who came to the island to ride with Surrey talked about the garbage problem. However, beautiful photos and videos are contaminated by garbage, which aggressively frames for the same reason, with various parties demanding from the island authorities to start fighting pollution immediately. True, this is the newcomer to the garbage dump on the island, and it is not unrealistic to restrict tourism – the Bali population will lose their jobs.
The Indonesian government is also to blame for this problem. Officials could not make adequate waste collection arrangements for tourists. What is being done now is the partial burning of garbage, which, in turn, pollutes the island’s air.
Didn’t they tell the travel agency that there are flares in the sand and that respiratory diseases are very common here? It’s weird.
There is a recycling plant for waste plant waste in the province of Guyana. Here, half of all waste suitable for incineration is collected. Of course, the province is best known for its Ubud cultural centers and beaches, not a factory that brings in 40 tons of waste every day.
Although Indonesia subsidizes the plant, the major investors are Canada and Switzerland. The island’s government doesn’t care much. The fight for the cleanliness of the environment is being waged by foreigners who have moved to the island.
And sand also contains toxic industries that release carcinogens into the atmosphere.
Harmful plastic waste and fishing. The toxins fall into the fish from its decomposition, and it goes to cafes and restaurants. The diet of these national tourists causes serious health problems.
Experts predict pessimism: Paradise Tourism Island is losing its incidence of garbage. Also, the water problem on the island began: 200 of the 400 rivers had already dried up, and the water was redirected to tourist settlements and hotel pools. There has been a drinking water crisis in the southern part of the island since 2015.