Can Indonesia’s Small Islands Ever Be Free from Plastic Waste?

Somewhere deep in the Banda Sea, on a small island called Rhun, women gather every Friday to clean the beach. The white sand glistens under the tropical sun, but it’s often hidden beneath heaps of  plastic bottles, snack wrappers, and fragments of old fishing nets. For Masnah Le Empe and the other women of Raudatul Jannah Waste Bank, this isn’t just community service—it’s survival.