The Green Chemicals Blog is currently a media partner for this year’s Chinaplas plastics tradeshow which will be held in Shanghai on 25-28 April. Our friends from Chinaplas recently shared this interesting information about Indonesia’s sustainable plastics goal and their implementation of digital technology and intelligent manufacturing processes. The article also addresses ways to solve Indonesia’s mounting plastic waste problems.

According to the article, Indonesia generates about 6.8 million tons of plastic waste every year. Roughly 80% of the plastic waste comes from land while the remaining 20% comes from coasts and oceans. The country announced a new plan during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos in 2021, where it pledged to reduce marine plastic waste by 70% within five years and to become totally pollution-free by 2040.

The plan also calls for redesigning of plastic products for recycling and eventual reuse, with the objective to double the recycling capacity in order to be able to process an additional of 975,000 tons of waste annually. Indonesia is also building and expanding its waste disposal facilities to manage an additional of 3.3 million tons of plastic waste yearly.