Environmental activists in Indonesia are trying to raise awareness about the severity of plastic waste in the world by building a museum in Gresik, East Java, which is made from plastic waste.
Visitors who enter the museum are invited to rethink their habits in disposing of plastic waste, as well as an invitation to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags and plastic bottles.
This museum was created in three months with the raw materials of more than 10 thousand plastic waste, such as bottles, bags, straws, and packaging which are all made of plastic.
To find the material is not difficult, because all the ingredients are obtained from rivers and beaches that are contaminated with plastic waste.
The main work exhibited in this museum is the statue of "Dewi Sri", a symbol of the fertility goddess who is widely worshiped by the Javanese people.
Dewi Sri wears clothes made from plastic packaging in the form of 'sachets', which are usually used to package spices that are only used once.
"We want to convey a message to residents to stop using single-use plastic," said Prigi Arisandi, the museum's founder.
"These plastics are very difficult to recycle. Starting today, we must stop using single-use plastics, as they pollute our oceans, which are a source of food for all of us."
The problem of plastic waste has long been a big problem in Indonesia.
Regarding plastic waste being dumped into the sea, Indonesia is in second place after China.
Together with the Philippines and Vietnam, China and Indonesia contribute more than 50 percent of plastic waste that ends up in the ocean.
Indonesia's efforts to recycle plastic waste have not shown significant results, as evidenced by the increasing production of plastic waste.
The museum from plastic waste in Gresik has been visited by 400 people since it was first opened in early September.
Ahmad Zainuri, a student who came to the museum, said that this exhibition opened his eyes to the problem of plastic waste facing the world today.
"I will use a cloth bag, and if I buy a drink, I will bring my own bottle," he said.
"I will buy things that can be reused, such as drinking bottles, instead of plastic bottles," said Ayu Chandra Wulan, another student.
"Seeing so much trash here, I feel sad."
The museum has also become popular for them to take 'selfies' against the backdrop of thousands of hanging plastic bottles, which they share on social networks.
Reuters
This article was produced by Sastra Wijaya
Source: tempo.co
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