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        "id": 1231542,
        "msgid": "batam-dumping-site-for-plastic-waste-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-06-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Batam, dumping site for plastic waste",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Batam, dumping site for plastic waste BATAM, Riau: The island of Batam has recently become a dumping site for plastic waste from Australia before it is sent to Jakarta by sea for recycling. \"I myself saw the dumping of some 300 tons of plastic waste allegedly from Australia. It is said demand for polyethylene is on the rise in Jakarta,\" a scavenger, Alek, said here on Friday.",
        "content": "<p>Batam, dumping site for plastic waste<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: The island of Batam has recently become a dumping<br>\nsite for plastic waste from Australia before it is sent to<br>\nJakarta by sea for recycling.<\/p>\n<p>\"I myself saw the dumping of some 300 tons of plastic waste<br>\nallegedly from Australia. It is said demand for polyethylene is<br>\non the rise in Jakarta,\" a scavenger, Alek, said here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Alek said a number of foreign companies had imported waste<br>\nfrom the country despite the fact the island had enough plastic<br>\nwaste to dispose of.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of the local sanitation office, Edeng Rahmat, revealed<br>\nthe import of the waste was illegal as his office had never<br>\nissued a permit to dump plastic waste from Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Edeng said he was worried that the waste contained harmful<br>\nsubstances but added some investors from Australia had explored<br>\nthe possibility of investing in waste-recycling plants on the<br>\nIsland in July--Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/batam-dumping-site-for-plastic-waste-1447893297",
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