Indonesia is the world's second largest contributor of plastic waste to the ocean, after China. Single-use plastics are hugely over-used, rarely reused, almost never recycled, and often simply dumped in rivers, from where it flows to the sea.

The result: annual 'trash emergencies' declared by the local government in Bali during the rainy season (roughly November-March) when ocean currents push rubbish from Indonesia's most populous island Java, towards Bali.

A fair amount of it also comes from Bali itself, though with the rubbish crisis hitting peak tourist season every more severely, the local government has started to realise the scale of the issue and banned single-use plastic bags for supermarkets at least.

This footage was taken on Batu Bolong beach in Canggu (action camera footage) as well as beaches in Kuta and Seminyak areas (the still images), in early January 2018.

While it first hit the headlines in late 2017, the issue still comes around every year, despite government plans to do tackle it.