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Sisa Kumbahan
Why reuse – not recycling – should be Southeast Asia’s priority in the struggle against mounting e-waste
Recycling e-waste can ease the demand for extracting new minerals, but pollution and unsafe recovery practices pose risks to Southeast Asia’s informal recyclers. The greener solution, says CH Toh of Arkiva, is to repair and reuse our devices.
Bangunan Hijau
Building sector’s appetite for sustainability wanes amid cost and geopolitical concerns
A global study of built environment professionals finds a big drop in construction firms measuring embodied carbon footprint as perceived high costs, unclear returns, and shifting priorities stymie investment in sustainable construction.
A recent report details a waterless solar cleaning system design developed to address the challenge of dust accumulation on solar panels in arid regions; it is one of multiple waterless cleaning systems that have come about in recent years.
Studio EB
Regulatory uncertainty and grid constraints to cope with intermittency, however, challenge the procurement of corporate power purchase agreements and renewables adoption.
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Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
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Japan’s push for large-scale solar projects sparks local backlash over ecology, scenery
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Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
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