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        "id": 1565977,
        "msgid": "waste-awareness-day-minister-urges-action-to-cut-plastic-waste-1771721726",
        "date": "2026-02-21 18:22:22",
        "title": "Waste Awareness Day: Minister urges action to cut plastic waste",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's government has launched the 2026 National Waste Awareness Day campaign, urging behavioural change to reduce plastic waste through household-level actions and cross-sector collaboration. Minister Nurofiq emphasised that success requires upstream prevention rather than reliance on landfills, aligned with President Prabowo Subianto's directive to address Indonesia's waste crisis.",
        "content": "<p>In an official statement issued here on Saturday, Nurofiq, who also\nserves as head of the Environmental Management Agency, said the\ncommemoration should serve as a key momentum to accelerate concrete\naction following President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s directive to address\nIndonesia\u2019s waste problem.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s campaign is being carried out under the vision of the\nSafe, Healthy, Clean, and Beautiful Indonesia Movement (ASRI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaste issues will never be fully resolved if we focus only on\ndownstream solutions such as landfills. The key to success lies in\nbehavioral change upstream. I invite all elements of this nation to\nstart taking concrete steps from the smallest unit, beginning with\nourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that waste reduction efforts can start by treating\nhouseholds as the smallest unit in waste management.<\/p>\n<p>These habits can then be extended to maintaining cleanliness in\nneighborhoods, workplaces, and educational institutions, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom businesses to public spaces, circular economy principles must\nbe integrated into every economic activity so that waste is no longer a\nburden but a resource,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, the government cannot work alone and\nrequires cross-sector collaboration with academics, communities,\nbusinesses, and the media to educate the public and implement innovative\nwaste management solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 National Waste Awareness Day is expected to mark a turning\npoint in waste management efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStart the National Safe, Healthy, Clean, and Beautiful Indonesia\nMovement (ASRI) today, from wherever you are. Happy National Waste\nAwareness Day (HPSN) 2026. Let us tackle waste and move Indonesia\nforward,\u201d Nurofiq said.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: National ASRI movement targets marine waste management\nimprovement<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Universities ready to support national waste\nmanagement<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Prisca, Kenzu<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/waste-awareness-day-minister-urges-action-to-cut-plastic-waste-1771721726",
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