#paper Berita
Reuse is a behaviour – and does not require investment, a waste expert said at the Cities: Possibilities event in Singapore. Others suggested that capital is needed to support reuse and refill systems in the fight against waste and pollution.
The firm will be pulling its network of 84 smart paper collection bins by the end of October. The closure comes a year after one of Singapore's oldest paper recycling firms folded as paper and cardboard recycling rates drop globally.
Starting the remedy process is a crucial first step towards re-certifying the controversial Indonesian paper company. But the move is premature, flouts FSC's own policies and could ultimately enable greenwashing on a massive scale, activists say.
The Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner says that education among waste collectors is key to her ambition for Daya Selaras Group to become the top B2B circular economy platform in Indonesia.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Paper giant APRIL hires former FSC chief Kim Carstensen, eyes recertification
#paper Opini
There's been a lot of focus on getting households to sort their waste, but what happens after it's been collected?
Increasingly, we’re hearing that individual action is insignificant relative to needed political change, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Building ‘blocks’ to fight the haze
To combat the fires in Indonesia and worsening haze, a Singaporean-based blockchain development company has launched the Global Ledger initiative to develop a coordinated regional and global response to such catastrophes.
Karbon & Iklim
The bleak fate of the Amazon
What does Brazil's new president mean for the Amazon? Paulo Artaxo from the University of Sao Paulo's examines the damage right-wing Jair Bolsonaro could do to one of the world's most important ecosystems, and what that would mean for the rest of us.
Pangan & Agrikultur
A new normal in the battle against fire and haze
Pangan & Agrikultur
Indonesia's deforestation dropped 60% in 2017, but there's more to do
Pangan & Agrikultur
The roadmap to decarbonisation won’t go far without land
#paper Video
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Simplifying sustainability reporting for SMEs
Studio EB
As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.
As Singapore-based salad bar chain SaladStop! marks its 10th anniversary, co-owner Katherine Desbaillets talks to Eco-Business about phasing out meat, food waste and single-use packaging, and dealing with customers who refuse to pay 10 cents for a plastic bag.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Protecting the ‘wild and difficult’ forests of Sumatra
The sea of green on the Kampar Peninsula is one of last large intact lowland peatland forests of Sumatra. Five years ago, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau was established to ensure the biodiversity and the livelihoods it supports are protected and restored.
Karbon & Iklim
Can Indonesia stay haze free?
Indonesia has made significant progress in fighting the fires caused by slash-and-burn forestry that choke Southeast Asia annually with toxic air pollution. Eco-Business spoke to the chair of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) about what it will take to put the fires out permanently.
#paper Podcasts
Studio EB
The once abundant peat forests of Indonesia's Kampar peninsula have been deforested to half its size over the last two decades. Is there hope in saving the country's largest remaining forest reserve?
