Mojokerto – OBP or Ocean Bound Plastic is not marine debris. OBP is abandoned plastic waste (Read: non-existent or inefficient waste management) on land, which is likely to be carried away by wind or rainfall within a radius of 50 km from the sea. OBP needs to be monitored because it has the potential to endanger the sea area. This is because plastic waste that has reached the ocean will be difficult to control or manage again by humans. Obviously, plastic waste on land if not managed properly can damage the environment, especially those in the sea?
Mojokerto – OBP or Ocean Bound Plastic is not marine debris. OBP is abandoned plastic waste (Read: non-existent or inefficient waste management) on land, which is likely to be carried away by wind or rainfall within a radius of 50 km from the sea. OBP needs to be monitored because it has the potential to endanger the sea area. This is because plastic waste that has reached the ocean will be difficult to control or manage again by humans. Obviously, plastic waste on land if not managed properly can damage the environment, especially those in the sea?
Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) is categorized into three, namely: 1) Potential OBP. is a generic category of mismanagement of plastic waste within 50 Km of the coast; 2) Waterways OBP, this category focuses on the OBP carried by the river, covering the OBP 200 m from the river bank and the OBP within the river itself; 3) Shoreline OBP, this category focuses on OBP present very close to shore, 200m from tidal line, on the coast and even in the first 100m, in the waters.
OBP management can be done by applying a circular economy (reduce, reuse, recycle). PKP has been implementing circular economics for more than 3 decades. Trusted to accept plastic waste from the lowest supplier to then be reprocessed into recycled plastic products that have been clinically tested in accordance with the standards of the world's recycle material percentage provisions. PKP can provide and adjust how many and specifications you need, of course, at a fairly competitive price in the market. Let's love the environment by using products that contain recycled ingredients!
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Mojokerto - Some of the selling price of bottled drinking water containing recycled content tends to be more expensive in Indonesia, such as the products Evian manufactured by Group Danone, last Friday (16/7). "It happens naturally as maintains the quality of products recyle, it was not easy," said Willy Tandiyo, one of the principals of recycled plastic.
Mojokerto - Some of the selling price of bottled drinking water containing recycled content tends to be more expensive in Indonesia, such as the products Evian manufactured by Group Danone, last Friday (16/7). "It happens naturally as maintains the quality of products recyle, it was not easy," said Willy Tandiyo, one of the principals of recycled plastic.
Not only that, Willy explained that another reason arose from the trendsetters from Europe who initiated the movement to recycle content. "The meaning is that each bottled drinking water that is traded must contain recycled content, at least 25%". The movement will be realized in Europe in 2025, but in Indonesia it is not yet possible. Reporting from the Plastic Recycling Update in 2020, “Indonesia's economic viability is still limited, leaving companies with little incentive to make a meaningful contribution to the plastic recycling supply chain”.
In addition, Willy hopes that the government will provide support for the industrial sector by lowering the VAT price charged to plastic recyclers. Because the price of VAT is high and uneven, causing an imbalance with the cost benefits obtained, it can kill this industry. “The government should not apply enforcement unevenly. The imposition of VAT is applied from the bottom (read: collectors/grinders) but conditions do not allow paying taxes so it is thrown to the top actors (read: processors/producers)” explained Willy ending the sharing session with the ADUPI Institution.
Mojokerto – Almost all sectors have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including plastic. The pandemic period, which began in 2020, has greatly reduced the turnover of MSME actors, because the existing situation is focused on preventing the transmission of healthy people and healing sick people. "So it is very, very hard for the industry, especially those that can't be operational," said Willy Tandiyo, one of the perpetrators of recycling plastic waste.
Mojokerto – Almost all sectors have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including plastic. The pandemic period, which began in 2020, has greatly reduced the turnover of MSME actors, because the existing situation is focused on preventing the transmission of healthy people and healing sick people. "So it is very, very hard for the industry, especially those that can't be operational," said Willy Tandiyo, one of the perpetrators of recycling plastic waste.
Willy explained that basically, very few plastic recycling industries have capital power. "A lot of them depend on bank loans, cooperative loans, where the interest on these loans must be paid regularly". Even though the company is experiencing financial problems, and many are losing money. So that the company can continue to operate, it should have an output product or a finished product. "There are 2 (two) groups in the plastic recycling industry in Indonesia, namely those that are export-oriented and those who are able to produce finished products," added one of the owners of the plastic recycling business.
Maintaining the industry that is run is not just looking for cost benefits . But also pay attention to the availability of job opportunities around industrial areas. "Many companies are reducing their employees due to declining sales turnover, so if the companies can continue to operate, at least the unemployment rate will not increase in times like this," said Willy, who also serves as ADUPI coach.
