responsible consumption and production #12 by Lopez, Allison

12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

s1743996 — 2025-08-19 13:59:47 UTC

I have seen the impact of mass production and how it affects the world, and I believe it should get more attention to this issue.

food production

s1743996 — 2025-08-19 14:09:59 UTC

One fact on the SDG that got my attention was that about 1.05 billion tons of food wasted in 2022. which is so much food waste, Such as un opened canned goods, uneaten food is thrown away to the pile of land fills.

s1743996 — 2025-08-20 01:46:46 UTC

Gebang in Jakarta, Indonesia, has one of the biggest land fills outside of the U.S. And people living in this city biggest resource is trash. Either working in the landfills or consuming and using the landfills product.

core goal of #12

s1743996 — 2025-08-20 01:51:32 UTC

"SDG 12, or Sustainable Development Goal 12, focuses on responsible consumption and production. It aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, promoting resource efficiency, waste reduction, and the adoption of sustainable practices across various sectors. This goal is crucial for mitigating the environmental impact of our current lifestyles and ensuring a sustainable future" from the UN Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

issue of Fast fashion

s1743996 — 2025-08-20 01:56:43 UTC

This shows how fast fashion greatly affects the volume of landfills in general. Many clothes are thrown away and picked up by people with low resources such as clothes or food, and picked up by them which can affect them by making them sick or even ruin the air they breathe.

s1743996 — 2025-08-20 03:07:49 UTC

This map shows the in dept of the landfill and shows the quantity of it. Many landfills are mixed with unused produce, clothing people have thrown away, and toiletry's.

Ted talk

s1743996 — 2025-08-20 03:13:55 UTC

This informed me more about how big an impact it can be if this issue is not controlled. It also gives an example of wasting food and not having any management, and how normalized it is.

UI

s1743996 — 2025-08-21 13:27:10 UTC

It talks about UI’s efforts such as ethical sourcing, hazardous waste disposal, green campus policy, plastic and paper reduction, and sustainability reporting.

problem

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:31:34 UTC

This article covers Indonesia’s wasted management crisis, illegal trash dumping, beaches overwhelmed with trash and dump, and the government's actions, funding challenges, and the massive role of public cooperation.

Indonesia’s Rampant Rubbish

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:35:29 UTC

writes about the landfill in Depok, West Java. overflowing conditions, health risks, for the people in java and around java and tragic 2005 Leuwigajah disaster, which led to policy reforms in the area.

Bantargebang Landfill: A Glimpse into the Dark Side of Jakarta’s Waste Management

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:41:08 UTC

landfill receiving 6k-7k, tons daily from Jakarta. which takes a toll for the community as informal housing for scavenger communities, methane pollution, and strategies to tackle climate change.

“Community Solutions for Indonesia's Waste”

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:41:36 UTC

factual context of the 2005 Leuwigajah landfill landslide that killed 143 people, and shows data on the daily impacts of open-dump landfilling on public health.

Unveiling Bantar Gebang Landfill: The Not-So-Hidden Side of Waste Management

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:47:53 UTC

Shows the real toxicity and shows what people have to go through living in areas around landfills in java.

President Jokowi launches three modern landfills in East Java

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:50:43 UTC

shows that they are trying to build more modern landfills using the peoples money to be able to contain the tons of waste.

focusing on indonesia

s1743996 — 2025-08-25 03:56:17 UTC

the bad management of landfills on Java have effected the economy through lost productivity, degraded natural resources, higher healthcare costs for average people, and diminished tourism because of the overflowing landfills. Because of the overflowing dumps, a reliance on open-air burning, and environmental pollution from landfill leachate all degrade resources.

reduction

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 04:50:24 UTC

Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment & Forestry wants to stop construction of new landfills by 2030 and ultimately eliminate all landfills by 2040. this would be to curb methane emissions and climate impact of landfills.

movement

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 04:54:29 UTC

This shows numbers and real time photos of the people in Indonesia that want a change. This policy promotes zero-waste models that highlights source separation, community being involved, and aiming to have zero-waste communities.

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 05:10:54 UTC

a website that really spoke out to me was https://kopernik.info/en/current-projects/improving-waste-sorting-behavior-in-bali

because it speak about the big role of the public being involved and cooperating for what Indonesia plans are for the future. So I feel like we should make it more accessible or make the people want to sort out their trash. Such as people get prized for doing it, I feel like people would start wanting to do their part if they got something in return like a pack of rice or something that can be bought in bulk for easier distribution.

resolution

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 05:15:44 UTC

Because of all the articles I've read and gone through it seems like the movement of bettering Indonesia and its waste management of landfills and trash in general is moving to be better and improve the life there. I do believe people just need a extra push on why they should cooperate and put their part on this huge goal.

change

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 05:20:35 UTC

The article talks about promising developments like behavioral change, single use plastic bans, waste-to-energy plants, while showing ongoing issues like open dumping. It also gives context to the government's goal of achieving total waste management coverage by 2029.

Topic proposal

s1743996 — 2025-08-26 05:27:20 UTC

I think I want to research Landfills which must be addressed to reach SDG #12. I will focus on indonesia and SOLUTIONS ON BETTERING WASTE CONTROL AND THE LIFE THERE. I want to research this because I am interested in climate change and how our planet can get affected by it, and I've become curious lately about ways to prevent climate change or stop it from risking the life on earth.

s1743996 — 2025-09-04 04:50:09 UTC

Research Question #1

What are the key factors contributing to the growth of landfills globally, and what communities are being affected by it?

s1743996 — 2025-09-04 04:54:34 UTC

Question #2

What factors determine the potential for success or failure in the use of recycling system to provide a healthier place to live for people living in cities surrounding land fills?