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CLEAR’s involvement in an exciting new international research partnership project has helped translate academic findings into practical waste management solutions. Combining international expertise with local knowledge The research partnership includes the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), a major Indonesian technical university, and London South Bank University (LSBU). CLEAR set out…

Yadi Setiadi As the lockdown in Indonesia starts lifting the Batukaras community is beginning to embrace a ‘new normal’. Yadi, our Manager at Bale Tau, will be able to restart his weekly activities with the local children, which he says he has missed just as much…

In Europe the EU intends to go ahead with the ban on all single-use plastics by 2021, but at present, plastic consumption has increased considerably due to the fear of catching the Covid-19 virus. Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a huge increase in single-use plastic and halted, or…

We all have a part to play in our global plastic problem and lifestyle choices to cut out plastics really do make a difference. Earlier this year, 9 members of the CLEAR Community team took on the challenge of avoiding single-use plastic for the month of February. We interviewed the…

As the pressures on the planet continue to increase, we all need to do our bit to help out Mother Nature. This year we thought we’d ask our volunteers to come up with some eco-friendly new year’s resolutions to minimise our impact and spread the love! Read on for inspiration…

This month sees exciting developments in our International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP), overseen by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Entries have been submitted and reviews are underway for the IAPP design competition offering radical solutions to delivering essential waste management infrastructure for Indonesia. The winning design will be announced in…

Whilst Yadi was over in the UK, Chani and some of the team made a trip to the Exeter Material Reclamation Facility to see what Exeter City Council do with the community’s waste. The facility takes household recycling (paper, tin, card, plastic), paper banks and local trade waste, separating materials using…

We had a great day of learning fun in the Bale Tau garden with the local kids from the area, getting our hands dirty and learning about organic permaculture gardening techniques. We started off by transferring seedlings from the nursery into the garden – chillies, sweet potatoes and some flowers…

As we are based in one of the world’s most plastic-polluted countries, we arrange fortnightly beach clean-ups, which have proved to be a really effective way of influencing and engaging with the locals – we’ve even seen adorable two and three year old children picking straws and odd bits of…