Indonesia ranks as one of the world’s biggest contributors to ocean plastics, many of which come from rivers. The local nonprofit Sungai Watch saves about 3 metric tons of trash from entering the ocean every day with simple barriers and manual labor. We visited the island of Bali to meet the three young siblings behind the nonprofit and learn why a tropical paradise has a huge trash problem.
00:00 – Intro
00:57 – Meet The Bencheghib Siblings
01:44 – Emergency Cleanup
02:35 – Sorting River Waste
03:46 – Making Sandals Out Of Sandals
05:36 – Making Chairs Out Of Bags
06:07 – Indonesia’s Trash Problem
07:38 – River Barriers And River Warriors
09:17 – The Problem With Removing Ocean Plastics
12:05 – Can They Make An Impact?
12:56 – Credits
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The Sibling Trio Turning Bali’s River Trash Into Sandals And Furniture | World Wide Waste
