Bali Begins Construction on $185 Million Waste-to-Energy Plant in Bid to Tackle Island’s Growing Trash Crisis
The long-awaited project aims to transform thousands of tonnes of waste into electricity as Bali seeks to protect both its ...
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Bali’s Waste Crisis Isn’t Over. But a Quiet Shift Is Finally Taking Shape.
DENPASAR, Bali — For years, Bali’s environmental troubles have been measured not in statistics, but in images. Plastic bottles tangled ...
Bali’s Waste Reckoning: Why the Island’s Future May Depend on Machines, Not Slogans
For decades, Bali sold the world an image of paradise. Frangipani-lined temples. Rice terraces cut into volcanic hillsides. Beaches wrapped ...
Bali’s Hotels and Restaurants Can No Longer Wait for Someone Else to Take Their Trash
For years, Bali's hotel and restaurant owners have paid someone else to handle their waste. A third-party collector arrives. The ...
Bali Closed Its Landfill to Save Its Image, But Now Residents Live Amidst Rotting Waste
DENPASAR – There is a version of Bali that still exists postcards. It speaks of misty rice terraces, the scent of ...
Bali’s Organic Waste Ban Backfires: Trash Burning Rises, Rivers Fill With 7 Tons of Daily Waste
DENPASAR, Bali — A policy designed to modernize Bali’s waste management system is producing unintended consequences on the ground. Since ...
Bali Banned Organic Waste from Its Main Dump. Now Residents Are Burning It
Bali wants to fix its waste problem. Instead, it’s exposing it. When the provincial government stopped accepting organic waste at ...
Bali’s Suwung Landfill Turns Away Trucks on Day Three of Organic Waste Ban: Drivers Confused, Officials Exhausted
DENPASAR – Three days into Bali's bold experiment to shut its main landfill to organic waste, the scene outside Suwung ...
Bali’s Waste Crisis Boils Over at Suwung: Truck Drivers Clash With Officials as New Ban Triggers Chaos
DENPASAR, Bali — The tension had been building for days. On Thursday morning, it broke. At Bali’s main landfill in ...
No April Fools: Bali’s Suwung Landfill Closure Is Real as Site Falls Silent at Midnight
DENPASAR, Bali — At exactly midnight on April 1, 2026, Bali’s largest landfill, Suwung, appeared to shut down as scheduled. ...
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