On June 23, 2019, Bali’s Governor Koster instituted an island-wide ban on single-use plastic bags, straws, and Styrofoam. This crucial legislation came just a few short years after Melati and Isabel started a petition to ban plastic bags in Bali and met with the island’s former governor, Mangku Pastika, to discuss the island’s plastic problem.
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