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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.
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‘Frugal innovation’ and ‘boring solutions’ can best accelerate climate action, say experts
Companies should approach climate solutions as a “portfolio management exercise”, and look for short-term wins by tweaking their operations, said industry leaders.
Share At Door Step was founded in India in 2015, and has launched in Singapore in response to high demand for the service, which arranges for pre-loved items to be picked up from people's doorsteps and shuttled to charities.
Yien Li Yap has moved on from Olio after a restructure shifted responsibility for international markets to the UK, and has joined food services firm Food+ by Compass.
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Zero Waste SG appoints Jasmine Tuan to lead marketing
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Silver lining in the health crisis? Less food waste
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Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?
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Can Singapore’s secondary forests play a role in its climate adaptation plan?
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COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?
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Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms … -
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Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
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South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
Initiative advances government plans to scale carbon capture and e-fuel technologies to support long-term net zero goals.
