'Spider-Man's' Mission to Clean Up Indonesia's Plastic Waste

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, collects rubbish at a beach in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. "With great power comes great responsibility": a proverb popularised by the fictional superhero character Peter Parker who doubles as Spider-Man, takes on a twist in Indonesia by a 36-year-old citizen who is harnessing its "power" to encourage his countrymen to take responsibility for his city's problem with waste. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, looks at plastic waste as he collects rubbish at a beach in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. Rudi Hartono has struggled with his campaign to eliminate rubbish that has piled up in his city, Pare-pare, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi island of Indonesia. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, collects rubbish at a beach in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. Today, he is now a "superhero" dressed in his Spider-Man costume as he goes through sewers, beaches and streets to clean up trash mostly made up of plastic. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, looks at plastic waste as he collects rubbish at a beach in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. Hartono usually collects waste as Spiderman before his work at a cafe begins at 7 p.m.. His efforts have helped put a spotlight on the waste issue nationally and he has been interviewed by newspapers and appeared on television chat shows dressed in his Marvel Comics super hero costume. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, collects rubbish at a beach in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. "Minimising plastic waste is the most important thing to do, because plastic is difficult to decompose," he said while also adding that he hoped the government would throw more weight behind efforts to clean up trash and tighten rules on waste management including on single-use plastic bags. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rudi Hartono, a man dressed in Spiderman costume, puts rubbish in a trash bin in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, generates 3.2 million tonnes a year of waste, with nearly half ending up in the sea, a 2015 study in the journal Science showed. The same study also estimated the archipelago of more than 17,000 islands to be the world's second-largest producer of plastic pollutants in the oceans after China. REUTERS/Stringer

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