Trash tidal wave coats normally pristine Bali beach

A tidal wave of plastic trash has left on the Indonesian resort island of Bali awash with garbage, an annual event caused by the monsoon. Bali's popular area is covered with plastic bottles, cups and packaging, much of which was driven towards Bali from Indonesia's cities by prevailing monsoon winds and rains. 

Local environment agency official said around 300 officers and six excavators were made available to help clear the trash and some picked the plastic trash for recyclable material. The Southeast Asian nation has a mammoth marine waste problem, ranking as one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic pollution and marine debris.