Asia's ocean pollution crisis: Indonesia Despite hours of hard work every day for little money in return, Indonesia's plastic collectors have only a minimal impact on a giant landfill site in Bekasi, which receives around 7,000 tons of garbage every day. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES. (To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June, AFPTV is moving a series of images from China, Indonesia, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. According to a 2015 study by Ocean Conservancy, more than half the plastic waste in the ocean comes from those five Asian countries)