plastic bag and Rp 200

Indonesians will be charge Rp 200 fee for each plastic bag.  Environment and forest Ministry  Siti Nurbaya  bakar has rolled out the policy to reduce the waste of plastic bag that become the spectre problem for this country. the ministry will try to implement this policy in six months in 22 cities across Indonesia if it is successful then Ministry will implement this policy to everywhere else across the country.

Indonesia settle in the second number of plastic bag waste in the world behind only china which stood at number 187 million plastic bag. in which it will become bigger and bigger by the years, moreover plastic bag can not be recycle or need decade to be decompose.

by rolling out this policy to the city and province the ministry wish that Indonesia will be cut down the number of the plastic bag and make the country getting clean  and clean from the plastic bag -  the waste that hard to be decomposed. Even-though the ministry have charge Rp 200 free for city and province, but the city and province can change it as they want as long as it above the Rp 200.

in developed country such as US, and EUROPE, this  policy is very common and it is  proven  effective to cut down the number of plastic bag in the public Dustbin that often become sources of problem for people. so by through implementing this policy she wish that Indonesia will think twice to use plastic bag and force them to bring their own reusable bags rather than buying un-decompose bag which plastic bag.