We Collected 300,000 Pounds of Plastic in 8 months!
Summary
TLDRFor eight months, a dedicated team in Bali has been tirelessly working to clean up the island's polluted waterways. Through community cleanups and innovative barrier systems, they've managed to collect two tons of trash daily, separating organic and plastic waste for proper disposal. The initiative also involves data collection for brand auditing to hold corporations accountable for plastic pollution. With government collaboration and a mission to protect every river on Bali's west coast, the project aims to inspire local action and demonstrate effective waste management solutions.
Takeaways
- 🗑️ Bali's waterways are heavily polluted with trash, particularly plastic, which has never been cleaned up on a large scale before the described efforts.
- 🌊 The initiative started with community cleanups every Friday, attracting a large number of participants, indicating strong community involvement.
- 🛠️ Over the past year, the team tested various types of barriers to trap trash in the rivers, with a current count of nearly 50 barriers around the island.
- 🎯 The goal for the year is to increase the number of barriers to 100, aiming to better manage the trash in Bali's rivers.
- 🚮 The daily patrol teams collect trash from the barriers, which is then sorted at a facility, highlighting the ongoing nature of the cleanup efforts.
- 🔍 A significant focus is on data collection, including brand auditing of the collected trash, to identify and engage with companies responsible for plastic packaging.
- 🛒 The use of scanners to identify specific products helps in understanding the scale of plastic pollution and the brands contributing to it.
- 🏆 Collaboration with the government has been a milestone, with a 40-day mission to clean 10 rivers in South Bali, resulting in the collection of 57 tons of trash.
- 📹 The power of social media is demonstrated by the response to a video showing a heavily polluted canal, which led to immediate action by the team.
- 📍 The launch of the 'Tsunaija Line' allows anyone in Indonesia to report polluted rivers, showing an expansion in the initiative's reach and impact.
- 🌐 The initiative aims to protect rivers on the west coast of Bali and potentially expand to East Java, indicating a broader vision for combating plastic pollution.
- 💰 Sponsorship opportunities for barriers are available, allowing individuals or organizations to contribute financially to the cause.
Q & A
What has been the main focus of the group's efforts for the past eight months in Bali?
-The group has been focused on cleaning up Bali's waterways, which have been severely affected by trash, particularly plastic pollution.
What was the initial starting point for the cleanup initiative?
-The initiative started with the founder sorting trash in his parents' garage, which they were not fond of.
How often do the community cleanups take place and what is the typical turnout?
-Community cleanups happen every single Friday, with turnouts ranging from 20 to 60 people, and sometimes up to 250 people per cleanup.
What is the goal for the number of barriers around Bali this year?
-The goal for this year is to have 100 barriers around the island of Bali to help in the cleanup efforts.
What is the daily routine of the patrol teams regarding the barriers?
-The patrol teams go out on the river every day from 7 a.m., visit each of the barriers, take photos before and after the cleanup, and separate the waste into organic and plastic categories.
What does the group do with the trash collected from the barriers?
-The trash is sent to their facility where it is sorted by types of plastics and goes through an initial pre-sorting phase.
Why is data collection important in the context of this cleanup initiative?
-Data collection is crucial for understanding the scale of the plastic pollution problem and for holding corporations accountable through brand auditing.
How does the group identify the brands responsible for the plastic waste they collect?
-They use a scanner to perform brand auditing on the collected waste, which helps identify the companies responsible for the plastic packaging and products.
What was the outcome of the 40-day mission to clean 10 rivers in the region of Badung?
-The 40-day mission resulted in the cleanup of 57 tons of trash with the help of 250 people, organized in teams of 25 throughout the region.
What is the significance of the 'Tsunaija Line' initiative mentioned in the script?
-The 'Tsunaija Line' is an initiative that allows people from anywhere in Indonesia to send photos or videos of polluted rivers with a location pin, prompting the group to respond and potentially clean up the area.
How can individuals or organizations get involved in sponsoring a barrier?
-Individuals or organizations can sponsor a barrier for about 3 million rupiah (around 215 US dollars), which covers the construction, maintenance, cleanup, and sorting costs for a year.
Outlines
🌊 Bali's Waterway Cleanup Initiative
For the past eight months, a dedicated team has been working tirelessly to clean up Bali's waterways, which are plagued with plastic pollution. Beginning in a garage, the initiative has grown to involve community cleanups with participation ranging from 20 to 250 people. The team has tested various barriers to collect trash and currently has around 50 in place, aiming for 100 by the year's end. Daily patrols collect and sort an average of two tons of waste, separating organic and plastic materials. A significant part of their mission involves data collection on plastic pollution, including brand auditing to hold corporations accountable for their packaging waste. They have also partnered with the government to clean specific rivers and are now launching a platform for people across Indonesia to report polluted rivers.
🚜 Emergency Cleanups and Community Engagement
The script details an emergency cleanup of a 200-meter long canal clogged with debris, which was organized after a video was received, highlighting the urgency of the situation. The cleanup was executed with heavy machinery and a committed team, demonstrating the potential for significant impact on polluted areas. The initiative has expanded to include a new service where people can report polluted rivers via photos or videos, spurring immediate action. The script also addresses the broader issue of plastic pollution, with a goal to protect rivers on Bali's west coast and in East Java, emphasizing the need for better waste management and education. The initiative invites sponsorship for individual barriers, which cover construction and annual maintenance costs, and encourages involvement from companies, schools, and individuals to support the ongoing mission to protect Bali's waterways.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Waterways
💡Plastic Pollution
💡Community Cleanups
💡Barriers
💡Brand Auditing
💡Data Collection
💡Sponsorship
💡Waste Management
💡Education
💡Local Involvement
💡Tsunamija Line
Highlights
Eight months of intensive cleanup efforts in Bali's waterways aimed at addressing severe trash and plastic pollution.
Community cleanups on Fridays have attracted large participation, ranging from 20 to 250 people per event, demonstrating community engagement.
Testing of eight different types of barriers, including floating devices and nets, to manage river pollution.
Goal of installing 100 barriers around Bali to combat plastic pollution in waterways.
Daily patrol teams collect and document trash, separating it into organic and plastic waste for further processing.
Two tons of trash are sorted daily at a facility, emphasizing the scale of the cleanup operation.
Data collection on plastic pollution is crucial for understanding the problem's magnitude and for advocacy.
Brand auditing is conducted to hold corporations accountable for plastic use in their packaging and products.
Use of technology, such as scanners, to identify specific products contributing to plastic waste.
Collaboration with the government in a 40-day mission to clean 10 rivers in South Bali, resulting in the collection of 57 tons of trash.
Quick response to a video submission, mobilizing a team to clean a 200-meter long canal in just four days.
Launch of the 'Tsunaija Line' initiative, allowing anyone in Indonesia to report polluted rivers for cleanup.
Recognition of Bali's transformation from 'Island of Gods' to 'Island of Trash' due to pollution.
Aim to protect rivers on the west coast of Bali and address pollution in neighboring regions like East Java.
Barriers sponsored by individuals or organizations, covering construction and annual maintenance costs.
Call to action for involvement from companies, schools, and individuals to support the cleanup and awareness efforts.
Emphasis on the importance of grassroots efforts and local community adoption for sustainable waterway protection.
Transcripts
for the last eight months we've been
very busy cleaning up our waterways here
in bali
so we've been busy and hard at work
right now most rivers on bali
are completely trashed you know they
haven't never been cleaned
everywhere along their riverbanks you
see a trace of plastic pollution
what we started here even eight months
ago i would have never thought would
have been possible
eight months ago i was still sorting in
my parents garage and
my parents definitely didn't like that
so how soon i watch really started
you know was by community cleanups every
single friday we'd get anywhere between
20 to 60 people
to 250 people per cleanup which has been
super overwhelming and inspiring to see
community getting involved with this
mission of protecting bali's waterways
but for us cleaning rivers is an
everyday mission
over the last year we've been testing
eight different types of barriers
from floating devices to small cages
nets and booms right now we almost have
50 barriers around the island our goal
this year is to get
100 barriers here on bali
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right now we are in our location in
brabant
with our patrols this is just from one
night's reign
of trash
birthday present tempers
diapers it's very gross
every day yeah yeah
it's the update yeah
every single day our patrol teams get
out on the river from 7 a.m
and go to each of our barriers
right then and then they will take a
photo before take a
photo after and then separate between
organic
and plastic waste all of that gets sent
to our facility
and right now we're bringing two tons of
trash
every day where we sort it by types of
plastics it goes through an initial
pre-sorting phase
at tsungi watch we really felt that
there was a gap
in data when you look at plastic
pollution
just the scale of it it's so hard to
really understand
how big of a problem it is and in
indonesia one of the things that we're
lacking tremendously behind
is data at sung i watch we're collecting
this data
from the represent body by placing our
barriers we're able to
calculate each day per river the total
amount of types of plastics
but another key metric is the brands and
doing brand auditing allows us to have a
conversation
with the bigger companies the corporates
that are
somehow responsible for this plastics
using it in their packaging
and in their products this is just like
you know a normal mini-mart scanner or
just a sharp scanner
and we have all of our sachets and so
this shows off and it basically tells
you uh what product it is directly just
from a scan
uh sorry about to go a lot quicker on
our mission
to track what these are um you know this
just told me that it's a tango
we even see the the price that it comes
out to so you know this little piece of
sachet
uh is actually worth 3500 rupiah
and used once and thrown away but some
of our milestones
in the last eight months have been to
work with the government
in december we made a 40-day mission to
clean
10 rivers in the region of badung in
south bali we employed 250 people
25 people per team throughout that
cleanup we picked up
57 tons of trash
with one of our recent clean up you know
submitted by somebody
via a video
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i think it was a thursday somebody sent
the video
and on that very monday we organized you
know 60 people from our team as well as
two excavators
to clean the entire canal of dreamland a
200 meter long
canal three thousand cubic meters
entirely clogged with tree branches and
plastics
which we managed to clean in the span of
four days
so this screenop started with a video
and the truth is that if we had never
received this video we would have never
known
the emergency of the state of this very
river in four days
we've been able to keep the stretch of
river with heavy machinery
and a super super dedicated group and
this just shows us
that we can still have massive impacts
on areas that are polluted so
today we're launching our tsunaija line
which means that everybody anywhere
around indonesia can send us a photo
or a video of a created river with a pin
and we'll
try to respond as soon as possible
recent years the island of gods has
really truly become
the island of trash on january 1st you
know the first day of the rainy season
here on bali where the beaches were
completely trashed
we saw some direct winds blowing east
there's been studies done by udayana
university here on bali but also some
international institutes
that show that trash on kuta beach could
be coming from
other parts of indonesia namely east
java
our goal this year is going to be to
protect every single river on the west
coast of the bali
you know to really address north west
bodies so the regions of tabanan
of gembrana but also in east java so
looking at banyorangi
and moonshore hopefully you know these
barriers can be
a showcase a symbol to show that
plastic pollution should never end up in
our ocean
and that we need to work on land with
real solutions like better waste
management
you know way more education this is not
going to happen overnight
although the mission is really just
beginning i think that there's still
so much work to be done to truly protect
these waterways
and it should start you know with all of
us and it needs to start on a local
level it needs to be grass roots
it needs to be adopted by the local
villages of bali so right now we're
actually here in our barrier in tung
mabayu
you know this is a barrier that's been
individually sponsored
so you can actually sponsor one element
for about 3 million rupiah which equates
around 215 us dollars
and that covers the cost of construction
for one of the barriers but costs of
maintenance
and cleanup for an entire year as well
as sorting
at our base and so with that you know
we're hoping
um for anybody to get involved you know
whether you're a company
um whether you're a school you can do a
fundraiser
so we're super excited to to be updating
you um with this project and to have you
follow
along so please stay tuned with us
at tsungi watch as we continue to
protect these very beautiful
waterways
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