Indonesia’s Minister of the Environment, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, wants to require hotels and restaurants in Bali to process and manage the trash and garbage they produce. The Minister made the pronouncement at a beach cleaning campaign event underway on Pantai Kedonganan in Kuta on Sunday, 19 January 2025.
“There is an obligation mandated in government regulations regarding waste management. Therefore, hotel and cafe managers must manage their waste,” said Hanif.
Minister Nurofiq has predicted that 70% of floating ocean trash will be eliminated in 2025.
“There is an obligation mandated in government regulations regarding waste management. Therefore, hotel and cafe managers must manage their waste,” said Hanif.
The Minister hopes the new mandate will reduce garbage and trash in Bali’s rivers and the surrounding seas. Hanif says he has assigned dozens of top Ministry of Environment officials in Bali to help tackle the trash pollution. This team is targeted to handle the waste pollution in the sea and rivers over the coming year. He said the team focuses on 14 rivers in Bali, including the Tukad Mati River in Kuta and the Tukad Badung River, which transects the Denpasar and Badung areas.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa said that her Ministry also has a Clean Tourism Movement Program to reduce pollution in tourist destinations such as Bali. She said the program’s primary mission is to create clean tourist destinations and toilet facilities.
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The Minister of Environment says cleaning the two South Bali rivers is this year’s focus of Waste Management Programs. “There is a program called the Clean Tourism Movement. It is a community-based program on creating tourist destinations free from waste and clean toilets,” said Puspa.
The program is not only targeted at cafe and hotel entrepreneurs but also targets local communities and domestic and foreign tourists. Puspa said that the Ministry of Tourism plans to issue regulations to make the movement successful.
“So that the responsibility for environmental cleanliness is not only for the local community. But also for the tourist visitor,” she said.
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