#waste Berita
Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found ahead of the penultimate meeting for the first ever pact on plastic trash. But environmentalists fret that negotiators are prioritising waste recovery instead.
Even amputated limbs can be recycled. It's behaviour change that is the biggest obstacle to a circular economy for healthcare, says Nepali engineer Mahesh Nakarmi.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Bio-briquettes tackle India’s climate, pollution and poverty challenges
Effective use of biomass can help India generate electricity, safely dispose of agricultural waste and give farmers income.
The region’s per-capita burden is low but its recycling laws cannot handle the sheer volume of junked phones and fridges. Globally, improperly discarded gadgets, including solar panels, add to a mounting health and environmental crisis.
#waste Opini
Vietnam has ambitious targets to tackle the challenge posed by plastic waste. Effective enforcement and implementation are key for success.
In Indonesia and in other Southeast Asian nations, multilayer sachets are at the core of the plastic crisis. If companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gambles are serious about being part of the solution to the plastics crisis that they has helped create, they must commit to banning sachets – a desired outcome of the The Global Plastics Treaty.
Regulation, alongside consumer pressure, has developed a strong appetite to progress delivery of more sustainable solutions into the market, thus generating higher demand for recycled materials.
New research into selected geographical regions across Vietnam, for example, finds that the majority of plastic waste is being recycled by informal workers in craft villages. These waste pickers need to be given a voice.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Who gets squeezed by austerity?
#waste Video
Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.
Studio EB
Recycling is key to tackling Singapore's waste problem, and everybody — including kids— can do their part for a better future.
Studio EB
Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
#waste Podcasts
Studio EB
As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.
Studio EB
Clarissa Morawski from non-profit Reloop tells the Eco-Business podcast why the circular economy is key to the post-Covid recovery.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Low-emissions cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?
Methane emissions, deforestation, water pollution, antibiotics overuse, animal welfare — the dairy industry faces a farmyard of sustainability issues. Eco-Business asked United States Dairy Export Council's Karen Scanlon how dairy farms can lighten their environmental impact.
2020 was a bad year plastic recycling and ocean pollution. Eco-Business asked Circulate Capital CEO Rob Kaplan how the circular economy can be rebuilt in Asia this year.
#waste Rilis Pers
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DENR, UNDP highlight potential of circular economy to accelerate climate targets
United Nations Environment Programme
New app helps young people turn tide on plastic pollution
#waste Riset
WWF-Singapore (PACT)
PACT Impact Report 2021
Lendlease and WWF-Singapore
Circularity in retail - Tackling the waste problem
WWF-SG
PACT Impact Report 2020
Eden Strategy Institute, LLP
Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore
