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A man burns plastic waste at a import plastic waste dump in Mojokerto, Indonesia. Indonesia is ranked the second largest plastic polluter in the world behind only China with reports showing that the country produces 187.2 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. Producing an average of 9,800 cubic meters of waste daily, Surabaya's residents hope to raise public awareness on the environment and issues that relate to plastic trash through initiatives like collecting plastic bottles for fare on the 'Suroboyo bus' which is able to collect up to 250 kg (550 lb) of plastic bottles a day. | December 4, 2018 | 📷: Ulet Ifansasti uletifan | #GettyImagesNews⁠ _⁠ Getty Images is participating in #CoveringClimateNow, a project co-founded by columbiajournalismreview and nationmag aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis. Join us all week as we highlight some of the best climate change and environmental stories we’ve done recently in the lead up to the United Nations Climate ...

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