Indonesia - Garbage Mountains

ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,749 Championing

July 13 in Everyday life

A world away from the billionaires and rampant excess.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jul/13/jakarta-trash-garbage-rubbish-bantar-gebang-landfill

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  Anhedonia2 Community Member Posts: 285 Empowering

  July 14

  It makes me really sad to see what we've done to this world, I know the issue is complex but it's sheer excess and lifestyles that lead to this

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  michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,369 Championing

  July 14

  When you see what and how some countries handle there waste there is no need for this in any country

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  rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,614 Championing

  July 14

  The trouble is most recycling doesn't even get recycled. Only roughly 10% of all recycled waste gets recycled. The rest gets either incinerated, put on landfills or are sent abroad.

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