Trash for rice: Bali recycling scheme gives families pandemic lifeline

Silver craftsman, I Wayan Adi Semara Putra, 34, collects plastic waste in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, on Dec 22, 2021.GIANYAR - For Balinese souvenir shop owner I Kadek Rai Nama Rupat, the past two years during the Covid-19 pandemic have been a fight for survival.

"Every piece of plastic waste is very valuable for the villagers today and for our economy," said Rupat, who exchanged about four kg of plastic for one kg of rice. The 55-year-old said the driving force behind his project was a desire to feed communities in his home province in Bali and to improve the environment.Indonesia is the world's second biggest contributor of plastic pollutants in the oceans, according to a 2019 study published in the journal Science.

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