Denpasar, June 15 -- Bank Indonesia (BI) Representative Office in Bali Province processed waste banknotes that were no longer fit for circulation into medals that were given to participants in the 2025 QRIS Summer Run Bali running race.

"This is our first medal using waste banknotes," said Deputy Head of BI Representative Office for Bali Province Butet Linda Helena Panjaitan in Denpasar, Bali, Sunday.

The central bank representative office processed around 40 kilograms of banknotes of various denominations that had been shredded into small pieces.

The office collaborated with a number of banks and MSMEs in Bali to print the waste banknotes into medals.

A total of 1,500 green or environmentally friendly medals were printed, adjusting t...