Indonesia: Museum made from plastics to raise public awareness of environment
With the aim of sending a message about the world's worsening ocean plastics crisis, environmentalists in Indonesia have created a museum made entirely from plastics to convince people to rethink their habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles.
People walk through a tunnel built from plastic bottles collected from several rivers in Indonesia in three years, at the plastic museum constructed by local environmental activists in the town of Gresik, East Java province in September 28, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)
Hanoi (VNA) – With the aim of sending a message about theworld's worsening ocean plastics crisis, environmentalists in Indonesia havecreated a museum made entirely from plastics to convince people to rethinktheir habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles.
The outdoor exhibition in the town of Gresik in east Javatook three months to assemble and was made up of more than 10,000 plastic wasteitems, from bottles and bags to sachets and straws, all collected from pollutedrivers and beaches.
The centrepiece is a statue called "Dewi Sri", agoddess of prosperity widely worshiped by the Javanese. Her long skirt is madefrom single-use sachets of household items.
The exhibition has received more than 400 visitors since itopened early last month.
The museum's founder Prigi Arisandi said the museum aims tosend out a message to the public calling them to stop the use of single-useplastic.
People should stop consuming single-use plastic because itwill pollute the ocean, which is also Indonesia’s source of food, he added.
The plastic problem is particularly acute in Indonesia, anarchipelago nation that ranks second only behind China for its volume ofplastics that end up in the seas./.
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People walk through a tunnel built from plastic bottles collected from several rivers in Indonesia in three years, at the plastic museum constructed by local environmental activists in the town of Gresik, East Java province in September 28, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)
