6 May 2017 – Trash Hero Gili Meno (Indonesia)
We are super happy to announce that two of our trash heroes from Trash Hero Gili Meno (Indonesia) have just gotten married. Supriyadi and Husnul Hatimah, on behalf of all of us at Trash Hero, CONGRATULATIONS! Wishing you all the best for a healthy and happy life together, and thank you for all you for Trash Hero Gili Meno.
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01 January 2017 – Trash Hero Indonesia
Our dedicated volunteers of Trash Hero Indonesia have put together an amazing little video look back at the past year. See it here. Trash Hero Indonesia has made great strides, all thanks to a large team of dedicated volunteers. You guys rock!
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23/24 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia
Roman Peter just participated in the Trash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Organized by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Republic of Indonesia, and the Indonesian Waste Platform, the focus of this seminar was to discuss possibilities for reducing the influx of waste to our environment, explore solutions on reduction of single-use packaging and alternative packing materials, and to establish partnerships on reaching these goals.
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21 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia Chapters
Trash Hero Indonesia has just added up all that they have accomplished: Altogether, the Indonesian chapters have cleaned up 36 Tons, creating and educating 6’250 people in the process. Trash Hero Indonesia is getting stronger and stronger.
A huge thank you to all the chapters involved in this amazing effort: Amed, Sanur, Gili Meno, Ubud, Candidasa, Komodo, and Canggu. You guys rock!
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20 November 2016 – Trash Hero World
There is no way around it: We need to Break Free From Plastic. Today our team in Trash Hero Amed, Indonesia was saddened to find the above picture when they went to the beach. This is worse than what it usually is.
Let’s all be a part of the change and contribute to stopping plastic pollution!
We are collaborating with the following organisations on this:
Plastic Soup Foundation International
Plastic Change
Let’s do it World
ROLE Foundation Charity Auction
Marine Conservation Society
Zero Waste Europe
September 26, 2016 – Trash Hero Amed, Indonesia
Another project we discussed in our newsletter to sponsors released this week is the community waste management that Trash Hero World supported with 1’200 USD in Amed, Indonesia. Historically, in small and rural communities trash and other waste is burned – but this system is no longer viable in many areas of the world. The system simply cannot cope with the never-ending volume and the amount of plastic and other toxins in modern waste makes burning and burying this garbage potentially dangerous for animals, people and the environment.
September 26, 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia
A third project Trash Hero World communicated to its donors was the T-Shirts that were purchased for Trash Hero Indonesia, which cost USD 1’500.
Before communities can be properly educated about the importance of waste management and recycling, awareness must already be there. 6 Trash Hero chapters (Komodo, Amed, Sanur, Ubud, Candidasa, Canggu) from Indonesia are now selling t-shirts, at no profit, in both the local language and English – all in an effort to root and spread this message. An excellent advertising tool in the Southeast Asian market, Trash Hero World has provided 500 shirts and it’s become a fashionable item of pride among many local people. Once the chapters sell the shirts they have enough money to order a new lot.