Depressing images and videos: Tourists despair in their holiday paradise. Since Wednesday, garbage collectors and volunteers have already collected 100 tons of waste, especially plastic waste.
Strong westerly winds regularly blow patches of rubbish from the sea and ships onto Bali's shores. According to environmentalists, many locals do not have a strong environmental awareness and simply throw their garbage behind their houses, into embankments and rivers. Indonesia, with a population of 274 million, is the world's second-largest plastic polluter after China.