“Clean Up My River from Microplastics and Hazardous chemical waste " : Nina

Nina Handed the letter to  Erlend Haugen Program Officer Plastic Pollution
Norwegian delegationto the plastic pollution INC Secretariat

Developed countries must be responsible for the impact of recycling plastic waste that has been exported to Indonesia. "This is not fair! Developed countries must stop sending their plastic waste to Indonesia and other developing countries in ASEAN. Countries in Europe know that recycling is dirty and requires high energy in the work process," said Nina, a Class III student at Muhammadiyah High School. 10 Gresik explains the fact that many recycling industries in Europe have closed due to high costs and minimal demand for recycled plastic because virgin plastic is cheaper.

Saturday Afternoon (27/4/2024) or Early Sunday,

Waste water without treatment dumped in Brantas River Watershed

West Indonesia Time at The Social Forum of The Human Rights Council which is a meeting forum between Delegates from European Union member countries and members of the Society of Native Nations which was held on the second floor of Room 202 Shaw Centre, Ottawa Canada. Society of Native Nations (an organization founded by a small group of native peoples in Texas with members in many states dedicated to advocating for people and the earth by helping to protect and preserve native culture, spirituality, teachings, medicine and ways of life). The Society of Native Nations consists of Native American Indian Nations or tribes Tongva, Chumash, Borrado, Tewa, Mexica, Navajo, Purepecha, Seneca, Ohlone, Tobotolobal, Nakoda, Lakota, Cherokee, Chichimeca, Choctaw, Mohawk, Lenca, Pipil, Carrizo/ Comecrudo, Assiniboine, Coahuiltecan, Kickapoo, A'aninin, Kumeyaay, and Apache.

On this occasion, each tribe that is a member of the Society of Native Nations explained the impact of petrichemical industry activities on the environment and public health.

Nina Share the data about Reciclyng impact in Indonesia (4/27) 

Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani had the opportunity to explain the impact of waste exports from developed countries to Indonesia. " River Warrior Indonesia and I discovered the environmental impact of imported waste from developed countries, including the burning of plastic waste that cannot be recycled, this plastic waste causes dioxide pollution which causes respiratory problems and lung disease," said Nina, more Aeshnina continued explaining that every year there are more than 5 million tons of paper waste and millions of tons of plastic waste that are recycled in Indonesia, even though the recycling industry does not have good waste processing capacity resulting in microplastic and plastic additive pollution in the waters, even though the river water is discarded waste from recycling factories becomes raw material for drinking water and irrigation for thousands of hectares of fish ponds in down stream.

"This is not fair! Developed countries must stop sending their plastic waste to Indonesia and other developing countries in ASEAN. Countries in Europe know that recycling is dirty and requires high energy in the work process," said Nina, a Class III student at Muhammadiyah High School. 10 Gresik explains the fact that many recycling industries in Europe have closed due to high costs and minimal demand for recycled plastic because virgin plastic is cheaper.

Dumpsite of scrap Plastic in Indah Kiat factory Members of Sinarmas Group

Aeshnina asks European Union countries sending plastic waste such as the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Norway and Denmark to stop exporting plastic waste and must take responsibility for rehabilitating and restoring ecosystems that have been polluted due to plastic waste recycling activities from European Union countries.

At the end of the event Aeshnina handed over a letter of protest to the Norwegian Delegation, Erlend Arneson Haugen. Program Officer Plastic Pollution Norwegian delegation to the plastic pollution INC Secretariat, High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Royal Norwegian Embassy. "I will forward this letter to other members," said Erlend to Aeshnina.