Most regions in Indonesia failing to enforce single-use plastic bans: Report

JAKARTA – Most cities and regencies in Indonesia are failing to enforce single-use plastic restrictions, a situation worsened by inadequate monitoring systems and budgets needed to meet the national target of phasing out the use of plastics by 2030, a new report has found.

The report, published in late January by nonprofit Dietplastik Indonesia, formerly known as Diet Kantong Plastik (Plastic Bag Diet) movement, analyzed 101 regulations restricting throwaway plastics, such as shopping bags, food containers, cups and bottles, that were issued in 27 out of 38 provinces across the country. Most regulations take the form of city- or regency-level bylaws, while only a…