Factory waste, including dyes from the many textile factories in the region, stain a jackfruit and discarded cloth on a tributary of the Citarum river on Aug. 27, 2018, outside Bandung, Java, ...

There are many rivers on earth. According to various sources, their number ranges from 2.5 to 4 billion. Throughout the ...

This country is widely regarded as the world’s second-largest plastic polluter, trailing only China. In many areas, residents ...

Sun, August 9, 2020 Published on Aug. 9, 2020 Published on 2020-08-09T15:19:07+07:00 rojects to rehabilitate the Citarum River in West Java, the country’s dirtiest river, continue despite disruptions ...

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High-alkaline water from the pipe merges with irrigation water before flowing to dozens of paddy fields. According to rice farmers, the pipe comes from a factory owned by Ultrajaya Milk Industry and ...

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is observing the location of the Citarum River's East Tarum canal project. ANTARA/Agus Suparto “The condition currently is not acceptable for the residents that use ...

The effects of domestic and industrial waste from factories along the Citarum river near the Indonesian town of Majalaya have prompted two leading environmental groups, Green Cross of Switzerland and ...

What’s it like to paddle down the most polluted river in the world in a kayak made of plastic bottles? “I would put my paddle in the river, pick it up and it would just be covered with plastic bags,” ...

A fisherman was hoping to hook a specimen worth hundreds of dollars Sunday in an Indonesia fishing tournament. But when he reeled in his line, he was shocked to discover the "big one' he had landed ...