Soaring packaging costs amid the Iran war hint at a deeper malaise as the middle class contracts and growth hits a plateau.

JAKARTA — With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors serving up chicken porridge, and everyone from office workers to ...

Beyond conventional materials, the government is encouraging the development of bioplastics derived from natural resources ...

Plastic prices have surged by 40 per cent to 100 per cent due to global supply disruptions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Burning plastic can also put a cocktail of dangerous chemicals into the air, including dioxins, polycyclic aromatic ...

Indonesia is taking steps to safeguard plastic supply and ease cost pressures on small and medium industries amid a looming global raw material shortage. Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's exports of recycled plastic have plunged by 70% in the past few months due to a shortage of materials needed for production since Jakarta tightened rules on imported ...

JAKARTA, 5 June (BelTA - ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ministry of Environment is committed to tackling plastic pollution through international cooperation, while carefully balancing this with the nation's ...

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has called on the domestic plastic industry to guarantee stock availability for ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian members of parliament have decided to delay confirmation of a government plan for a levy on plastic bags, but the finance minister said she was optimistic the ...