Indonesia waste recycling industries

Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling

Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields.

August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019

Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling

Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields.