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Expats are helping clean up Bali from plastic waste

In recent years, many expatriates living in Bali have initiated efforts to clean up the island from plastic waste.

In southern Bali there are plots that are still listed as rice fields in the paperwork, but the fields themselves are gone — water now covers them. Governor Wayan Koster said as much: the owner holds…

Bali’s ban on drinking water in plastic containers smaller than one litre can no longer be challenged.

A local water producer’s lawsuit against the provincial authorities failed at two levels, the deadline for a cassation appeal expired on July 29, and the ruling became legally binding. The circular de…

500 olive ridley turtle hatchlings (Lepidochelys olivacea) were released into the ocean at Kuta Beach on 29 July.

Hundreds of foreign tourists took part in the release, while the Kuta Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center had raised the hatchlings from eggs.

Construction began in Bali on 8 July on a plant that will turn waste into electricity. This is the PSEL Denpasar Raya project for Denpasar and Badung — the two areas placing the greatest strain on the…

Bali has clarified what will happen to the Suwung landfill. It had previously been planned for closure on 1 August. Now Environment Minister Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat has explained that it is not the la…

In Badung, Bali’s most tourist-heavy regency, all 124 traditional villages must have their own waste management rules. These rules are known as perarem.

The authorities have specifically stated that the rules also apply to visitors and tourists staying in a particular traditional village.

Badung has announced the first results of its waste reform. According to local authorities, the waste sorting rate has reached 72%, while the amount of rubbish taken to the Suwung landfill each day ha…