Environmental NGO

NGO or Non-Government Organization has their own set of goals that they wish to accomplish. They help be part of the solution in the current world problems. There are people dedicated in building and working in NGOs to help solve environmental issues. So I think it is just right to talk about environmental jobs by mentioning NGOs.

One of the environmental NGOs I look up to is Divers Clean Action (DCA). It is an NGO in Indonesia that is focused on the trashes in the sea. They have many programs, such as data sampling on the trash they found while cleaning up beaches, community empowerment whilst recycling plastic, and so on. They had even initiated the no straw movement in Indonesia. I am really happy when I see DCA’s instagram, because their newest project has empowered people to volunteer in helping clean up the trash found on beaches.

While talking about DCA, there are many other communities in Indonesia that is focused in helping reduce the amount of plastic in the world. Rebricks for example, shreds plastic waste to be used as a material for making paving blocks. There are also communities that accept plastic sachet to make them into eco bricks. However, the trash donated must be ensured that they are clean so that they can be immediately processed. Shredding and stuffing a plastic inside a bottle is already a hard job, which is why donators need to wash the trash they want to donate. This is so that the people making the eco brick do not have more jobs to do when there is already a lot of a thing to be done.