Following our recent publication of the policy report “Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste in Indonesia” from the Plastics in Indonesian Societies (PISCES) programme, funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund, a full translated version of the report has been produced in Bahasa, the official National language of Indonesia, in order to make it more accessible to Indonesian Officials.
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.
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.
Jobling, Susan; Iacovidou, Eleni; Gerassimidou, Spyridoula; Roy, Joyashree; Austen, Melanie; Ceschin, Fabrizio; Cordova, Muhammad Reza; Hendrawan, Gede; Henderson, Lesley; Pahl, Sabine; Praptiwi, RadistiAyu; Sembiring, Emenda; Soedjono, Eddy Sediadi; Sudarso; Thompson, Richard; Velis, Konstantinos; Wyles, Kayleigh (2025). Strategi Berbasis Bukti dalam Mengurangi Sampah Plastik di Indonesia, Brunel University of London. https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.30156742
Note that this document is a Bahasa Indonesia translation of the Policy Report: Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste in Indonesia, originally published in English in August 2025. In case of any discrepancies, the English version (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.29881835 ) remains the reference document.