Hundreds of volunteers joined a clean-up in Bali, Indonesia, last Saturday as monsoon rains brought what an activist described as “the worst” waves of plastic waste to hit its tourist-favoured beaches. The Southeast Asian nation is one of the world’s biggest contributors of plastic pollution and marine debris, with annual monsoon rains and winds sweeping mountains of plastic waste from its cities and rivers into the ocean. Read More: Bali visa rules for Kiwis visiting from New Zealand Some of it drifts hundreds of kilometres before washing up on the beaches on the holiday island, especially between November and March.
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