An activist and author of Zero Waste Adventure, Siska Nirmala, shared simple steps towards a zero waste lifestyle.

The Indonesian Shopping Center Association (APPBI) urged Jakarta govt to issue a regulation or Pergub on the prohibition of plastic bags production.

Jakarta requires shopping malls and traditional markets management to use environmentally friendly shopping bags and ditch disposable plastic bags.

The Jakarta administration disseminates info on the ban on plastic bags at 116 supermarkets in seven sub-districts of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani proposed the tax on plastic bags at Rp30,000/kg as there was no substantial benefit from the duty imposition set so far.

The move is part of a trend in many countries aimed at reducing plastic pollution.

Bekasi administration has established a Zero Plastic task force to monitor the use of plastic in a bid to realize a city without plastic by 2020.

Retailers and convenience stores in Thailand have pledged to stop giving plastic bags to customers from next year in a bid to reduce plastic waste.

Britain's second-biggest supermarket, Sainsbury's, vowed to halve plastic packaging by 2025, promising to switch to alternative materials.

Walhi Jakarta still awaits governor Anies Baswedan's decree to curb the use of disposable plastic bags in the city.