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Edition : April - June 2012
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Bali is having an image problem thanks to the lack of care and consideration taken in the disposal of its waste. Next to infrastructure deficiencies, the issue of the increasing amounts of visible man-made waste is a topic that more than just the local media are making us painfully aware of.
The mindset of the past, when everything was made of banana leaves, flax and coconut shells that could easily be thrown away to degrade naturally still pervades the culture and thousands of plastics are mindlessly discarded every day to ultimately end up clogging the waterways and beaches of this beautiful idyll.
If we are to listen to the travel industry, and we do, it is apparently these beaches that are Bali's most precious asset. Yet despite knowing what those very beaches look like in rainy season, we allow it to continue.
EcoBali is a Bali-based non-profit organization which was set up in 2005 by a small group of pro-active people to actually do something about the massive waste disposal and recycling problem in Bali. They promote the responsible disposal of waste, not only by providing hands on recycling and waste disposal services, but through education and training programs at both the school and community level as well.
For a monthly fee they will provide households with bins for the separation of plastics and paper which they collect for separation and recycling. They run a recycling service in southern Bali, servicing schools, private businesses and hotels in partnership with Jimbaran Lestari recycling centre, where currently around 2 ½ tonnes of material are being separated and shipped to Java each month for recycling.
They are providing a valuable service for all our futures and it should be a compulsory part of every Bali hotel, business or household budget.
The time for advice and platitudes has passed. Like smoking, we all know the dangers that ignoring the issue will bring, and yet we still have our heads in the sand. Each of us to a woman or man knows what we should do! Not accept so much plastic, and ensure that the plastics that we do consume end up being recycled instead of discarding them to that ‘magical place' where we don't have to look at them.
To get involved in cleaning up Bali contact ecobali@yahoo.com or just make your own socially responsible efforts by saying no to plastics.
