Drone footage shows Bali's Kuta Beach buried in sea of plastic rubbish

Kuta Beach, a tourist hotspot in Kabupaten Badung, a regency of Bali, Indonesia, is being overwhelmed with tonnes of plastic garbage.

Shocking drone footage from Sunday (January 17) shows the devastating level of plastic rubbish strewn across the overwhelmed beach.

The flimer Ulfa Musriadi told Newsflare: "The moment was taken using a drone camera when officers cleaned the piles of trash in the sea and by the sea."

Experts say Bali's famous beaches are covered in plastic rubbish annually due to monsoon weather, inadequate waste management, and a global marine pollution crisis.

In April 2020, the Indonesian government launched a plan to cut ocean plastic waste by 70 percent in 2025 and be plastic pollution-free by 2040.