Jakarta The Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment stated the Covid-19 pandemic has actually required Indonesians to change their habits and embrace a cleaner and healthier lifestyle, something the government has actually been attempting to get them to do with years of public campaign.
The ministry’s forest and ecological management deputy, Nani Hendiarti, stated most Indonesian now follow the Covid-19 health protocol, which includes washing hands routinely and wearing a facemask.
” Individuals have actually been forced to change their behavior. The ministry will continue its healthy way of life projects to assist the federal government include the spread of the coronavirus,” Nani said on Monday.
She said the coronavirus pandemic has actually activated a fast behavioral modification among Indonesians.
Before the pandemic, the ministry had been promoting a much healthier lifestyle through its Gerakan Indonesia Bersih (Clean Indonesia Campaign), which was introduced in April 2019.
The project, which encourages Indonesians to lower waste, belonged to the government’s larger focused Mental Revolution Project managed under a 2016 presidential guideline (Inpres).
The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment and the Environment and Forestry Ministry initiated the campaign and are responsible for its execution.
” We’ve developed a range of educational programs to motivate behavioral modifications,” Nani stated.
She confessed the campaign has actually dealt with a lot of difficulties which the government is now attempting to cash in on the momentum from the behavioral changes caused by the pandemic.
Managing Waste Throughout Pandemic
Indonesian ministries are set to team up to tackle the increasing number of plastic waste throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite the changes in habits, a research study from the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) revealed that Indonesia’s household plastic waste increased almost twice during the pandemic.
Prior to the pandemic, each person produced one to 5 grams of plastic waste each day, now they produce around five to 10 grams.
” Due to the shelter-in-place policy, the variety of food shipment orders, which mostly use plastic product packaging, increased. The service must use a circular economy approach, implying reuse, minimize and recycle,” Nani said.
According to a report from the Environment and Forestry Ministry, Indonesia presently likewise produces 290 lots of medical waste every day, around 50 percent of which are related to Covid-19 cases. Currently, Indonesia can just handle 170 tons of medical waste per day.
” We will motivate the use of incinerators to burn medical waste and decrease their ecological impact,” Nani stated.
