

It’s provided free to factories for fuel. This is of course unofficial but very widespread. https://www.asia-pacific-solidarity.net/news/2025-05-10/toxic-tofu-how-plastic-waste-west-fuels-food-factories-indonesia.html
Especially when “recycled” mixed plastic and paper from western recycling programs is exported. The plastic is likely to be burnt to cook food.
Disappointed to see my own country implicated in this.

Article deleted but this covers the same https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/energy-supplier-abandons-lake-tahoe-residents-to-serve-data-centers/