Indonesia, facing a waste crisis, plans to burn it for electricity

Mongabay
Jul 22, 2019, 12:14 pm219 pts
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government plans to burn waste to fuel power plants in four cities on the island of Java this year as part of efforts to tackle the country’s plastic waste crisis. Indonesia is the second-biggest contributor, after China, to the plastic waste that end up in the oceans, and is among…

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