Bali has long-battled a waste problem with recent footage showing just how bad it is.
When you think of Bali, its pristine beaches come to mind. But there’s another side to the popular island you may not be aware of.Around this time of year, during the wet season, it has become all too common for tides of plastic to wash up along the southern coast of Bali in the Badung Regency.
The beach sits just north of Jimbaran Beach and is located near the island’s Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. It’s known for is spanning sea landscape and fisherman traditional boats, but this time of year exposes its grim reality. A man can be seen picking up the mounds of rubbish washed up on a beach. Picture: Instagram/nusabali_com
“Almost the entire coast of the west side of Badung Regency, ‘inundated’ by sea garbage,” one post read with footage showing a man tossing waste in a pink bag. A local sitting among piles of rubbish, picking up the waste one by one. Picture: Instagram/canggubalinews
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