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ede Robi was speechless. His stool test showed garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our oceans.
a shocking result: after eating fish and prawn
G he got from a pond near Porong river, Sidoarjo, A researcher at Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI)
doctor found 103 microplastic compound from the said in the movie, “In 2050, most of our foods will come
stool inside the Navicula vocalist and guitarist. It from the oceans since the supply from our land is
was five times as much compared to the result from decreasing. Ironically, the total of plastic waste in the
Wina, Austria, which sample was obtained from eight ocean will outnumber the fish.”
different countries. “It is very harmful for body health
since it may cause impotence, kidney failure and After nights spent with dangdut music during the
cancer,” revealed a researcher in a documentary film trip to Jakarta, Robi and Prigi finally met Tiza Mafira,
called Plastic Island, which I watched in the theater, 1.2 the Executive Director of Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet
year after the pandemic starts. Movement, which is also the alumna of Harvard Law
School, US. She have resigned from a law firm to fight
Later, Robi moved out of his cozy wooden-house for her commitment in preventing environmental
in Ubud, Bali. With a truck full of properties for an damages. In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, this trio
anti-plastic campaign, he and his friends made an is back to introduce and make known of 3R campaign
impactful ride to Hotel Indonesia roundabout, Jakarta. (reduce, reuse, recycle) in waste management.
Throughout the journey from East Java, Central Java, Not only to do 3R in the downstream but also in the
Yogyakarta, West Java to the capital city of Jakarta, upstream.
this documentary reveals a very astonishing story. In
Gresik, for example, we can see mountainous plastic We should reduce the use of plastic, which is often
waste which was imported from the US, where people found in the packaging of soap, shampoo and many
start to dried and used them as fuel in tofu factories. other things we used daily. It should be reduced from
the production in fabrics, like the Unilever did. It is also
Therefore, Prigi Arisandi, founder of Ecoton advisable for the government to regulate the policy,
(Environmental Conservation Organization) along since it is not enough to just ban the usage of plastic
with his friends took to the street in front of the US bags in markets and stores. Otherwise, we might leave
Consulate General in Surabaya. He also took mobile the world full of diseases to our grandchildren.
lab with him to study 100 stool samples he got from
his trip, only to found out that all of those samples At the end of the film, the two daughters of Robi and
contained microplastics, including the ones he Tiza showed up. “As long as I can speak my voice, I will
received from a salt farmer in Cirebon. “The trash we never give up on this matter. For the sake of people I
throw away will eventually comes back to our dining love,” said Robi, who just woken up by her daughter. It
table,” said Prigi, who actively promotes the campaign was his daughters who keep his spirit to always fight
of #StopMakanPlastik (Stop Eating Plastic). for the campaign: from doing music concerts in the
last 20 years, to cleaning Sanur beach from as much
Through this film, the directors Dandhy Laksono and as 93 millions of plastic straws per day! Although we
Rahung Nasution successfully bothered us as the know that plastic waste can take up to 50-100 years to
audiences with one inevitable fact: every minute, one decompose. Ramdan Malik

5th EDITION 2021
5th EDITION 2021
Sarana Informasi Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta
Sarana Informasi Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta