I read in this morning's Jakarta Post of a new bylaw that will require tourists to Bali to pay a $10 levy to help clean up the plastic waste that besieges the island's waters.
Well …
You know, it is my understanding that this has not been a problem so much associated with tourism as with longstanding practices in the local culture. By and large, environmental concerns, along with the legislation of laws and effective environmental education have significantly altered behavior in developed countries. Moreover, the anti-plastic measures over recent years have really been driven by outside sources, have they not?
But at any rate, whatever. Nothing wrong with giving a little extra for a good cause.
Strangely, I read this day as well a brief article in Kompas concerning the death of a Jakarta worker who fell into a plastic milling machine. It seems that one man works from a platform at the top of the machine, feeding the plastic in, while another deals with it at the bottom as it comes out the other end. The man at the bottom reported noticing a lot of blood mixed in with the plastic waste, and at that time realized that something had gone amiss.
Well …
You know, it is my understanding that this has not been a problem so much associated with tourism as with longstanding practices in the local culture. By and large, environmental concerns, along with the legislation of laws and effective environmental education have significantly altered behavior in developed countries. Moreover, the anti-plastic measures over recent years have really been driven by outside sources, have they not?
But at any rate, whatever. Nothing wrong with giving a little extra for a good cause.
Strangely, I read this day as well a brief article in Kompas concerning the death of a Jakarta worker who fell into a plastic milling machine. It seems that one man works from a platform at the top of the machine, feeding the plastic in, while another deals with it at the bottom as it comes out the other end. The man at the bottom reported noticing a lot of blood mixed in with the plastic waste, and at that time realized that something had gone amiss.
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