I see a lot of garbage here every day, every time,” Austrian traveller Vanessa Moonshine explains.“It would be suicidal if Kuta people were doing it.“This garbage does not come from people living in Kuta and nearby areas,” he said. The waves of plastic flooding into rivers and oceans have been causing problems for years, clogging waterways in cities, increasing the risk of floods, and injuring or killing marine animals who ingest or become trapped by plastic packaging.“No one wants to sit on nice beach chairs and facing all this rubbish,” he added.“It’s always coming from the ocean.”Indonesia is one of nearly 40 countries that are part of UN Environment’s Clean Seas campaign, which aims to halt the tide of plastic trash polluting the oceans.The waves of plastic flooding into rivers and oceans have been causing problems for years, clogging waterways in cities, increasing the risk of floods, and injuring or killing marine animals who ingest or become trapped by plastic packaging.29 million metric tons is estimated to be produced annually by Indonesia.”Some 72 km from Kuta, Mount Agung has been threatening to erupt for two months, prompting tourists to cancel visits and displacing tens of thousands of villagers living within a 10 km-radius of the volcano’s crater..“Garbage is aesthetically disturbing to tourists, but plastic waste issue is way more serious,” he said.But the island’s waste problem is no less of a threat, said I Gede Hendrawan, an environmental oceanography researcher from Bali’s Udayana University.“Microplastics can contaminate fish which, if eaten by humans, could cause health problems including cancer.Often dubbed a paradise on earth, the Indonesian holiday island has become an embarrassing poster child for the country’s trash problem. Kuta: Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favourite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline Beach umbrella with wind screen is disappearing under a mountain of garbage.

The problem has grown so bad that officials in Bali in November declared a “garbage emergency” across a six-kilometre stretch of coast that included popular beaches Jimbaran, Kuta and Seminyak.As part of its commitment, the government has pledged to reduce marine plastic waste by 70 per cent by 2025.Bali’s rubbish problem is at its worst during the annual monsoon season, when strong winds push marine flotsam onto the beach and swollen rivers wash rubbish from riverbanks to the coast, according to Putu Eka Merthawan from the local environment agency.Often dubbed a paradise on earth, the Indonesian holiday island has become an embarrassing poster child for the country’s trash problem.Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between sunbathers, while surfers bobbing behind the waves dodge waste flushed out from rivers or brought in by swirling currents.It plans to boost recycling services, curb the use of plastic bags, launch cleanup campaigns and raise public awareness.Officials deployed 700 cleaners and 35 trucks to remove roughly 100 tons of debris each day to a nearby landfill. It’s really horrible,” she adds.The archipelago of more than 17,000 islands is the world’s second biggest contributor to marine debris after China, and a colossal 1.“When I want to swim, it is not really nice.“People with green uniform were collecting the garbage to move it away but the next day I saw the same situation,” said German Claus Dignas, who claimed he saw more garbage with each visit to the island.

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