Jakarta, June 4 -- A campaign to change people's lifestyles is key to controlling plastic waste, alongside regulations and processing technology, an official said.

The Ministry of Environment's Director of Waste Reduction and Circular Economy Development, Agus Rusli, noted that most plastic consumption in Indonesia comes from daily activities, like using single-use plastic bags for shopping or household products containing microplastics.

"We no longer use newspapers to wrap chilies or groceries. Everyone uses plastic bags. Mothers who go to the market mostly don't bring shopping bags like our parents used to," he shared during an online discussion on "Dissecting the Problem of Plastic Pollution in Indonesia" on Wednesday.

He believes t...