The report, Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste in Indonesia, emerges from the four-year Plastics in Indonesian Societies (PISCES) programme, funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund. Authored by leading experts from the UK, Thailand and Indonesia, the report presents 26 concrete policy recommendations to inform Indonesia’s forthcoming National Plan of Action, expected to launch in 2026, following the current 2018–2025 plan.
This timely report is published as negotiations on a UN Global Plastics Treaty reached a deadlock. The findings demonstrate how national action can drive meaningful progress, even in the absence of international consensus.
Key recommendations in the report include:
- Prohibiting open burning at dump sites,
- Strengthening waste services, integrating the informal sector,
- Scaling up reuse systems,
- Embedding behaviour change campaigns using trusted local leaders.
- Active stakeholder collaboration and policy interventions, including enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance and capacity building in waste management
- Establishing a national monitoring and risk management framework to enhance the flexibility and accountability of Indonesia’s policy over time.
=> See the full report here: Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste in Indonesia
Cite: Jobling, Susan; Iacovidou, Eleni; Gerassimidou, Spyridoula; Roy, Joyashree; Austen, Melanie; Ceschin, Fabrizio; Cordova, Muhammad Reza; Hendrawan, Gede; Henderson, Lesley; Pahl, Sabine; Praptiwi, Radisti Ayu; Sembiring, Emenda; Soedjono, Eddy Sediadi; Sudarso; Thompson, Richard; Velis, Konstantinos; Wyles, Kayleigh. Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste in Indonesia, Brunel University of London. https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.29881835
Please also see these related outputs from the PISCES project: