Indonesia ranks as one of the world’s biggest contributors to ocean plastics, many of which come from rivers. The local nonprofit Sungai Watch saves about 3 metric tons of trash from entering the ocean every day with simple barriers and manual labor. We visited the island of Bali to meet the three young siblings behind the nonprofit and learn why a tropical paradise has a huge trash problem.<\/p>\n
00:00 – Intro
\n00:57 – Meet The Bencheghib Siblings
\n01:44 – Emergency Cleanup
\n02:35 – Sorting River Waste
\n03:46 – Making Sandals Out Of Sandals
\n05:36 – Making Chairs Out Of Bags
\n06:07 – Indonesia’s Trash Problem
\n07:38 – River Barriers And River Warriors
\n09:17 – The Problem With Removing Ocean Plastics
\n12:05 – Can They Make An Impact?
\n12:56 – Credits<\/p>\n
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