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Hospitality workers lift a sack of collected marine debris from a beach in eastern Bintan, Indonesia.

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Furloughed Indonesian tourism workers hired to clean beaches

...landfill. The rest was landfilled. The most commonly collected items were plastic bags and diapers. Discarded fishing nets and lines and plastic drink bottles were the next most common, followed by fo...

6 Jul 2020

Furloughed Indonesian tourism workers hired to clean beaches

A recycling centre in Lang Khoai, Vietnam, where 1,500 work in the informal recycling sector. Image: CL2B

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Covid-19 has hobbled Asia's recycling trade as demand for recycled plastic dips and recyclers face ruin

...landfills and likely more plastics entering the open environment and waterways, according to the study titled Safeguarding the Plastic Recycling Value Chain. Operational capacity of recyclers in Sout...

30 Ogo 2020

Covid-19 has hobbled Asia's recycling trade as demand for recycled plastic dips and recyclers face ruin

A worker makes checks at the Miditech Gloves' rubber glove factory in Malaysia in 2020.

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Covid-19 prompts pivot to green alternative to rubber gloves

...landfill where they remain for about 100 years. That is something a Malaysian company is determined to address. Meditech Gloves is working with scientists at Britain's Cranfield University to create a...

26 Nov 2020

Covid-19 prompts pivot to green alternative to rubber gloves

Press Releases / PEFC

Sustainable paper packaging: good for people & the planet

...landfill, which are known to generate millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent that CO2. A lot will be incinerated - not good for the atmosphere either – as while some of the r...

22 Sep 2021

Sustainable paper packaging: good for people & the planet

Environment and sustainability minister Grace Fu

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

...landfill by 30 per cent by 2030. The country's ambition to raise its domestic recycling rate to just 30 per cent, up from 22 per cent now, by 2030, also points to a nation at ease with a waste per per...

21 Okt 2020

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

Want to make gift-giving more eco-friendly this season? Here are some ideas

...Landfills see a spike in materials around the holidays, from wrapping paper to ribbon and unwanted gifts: Canadians will send a whopping 540,000 tonnes of wrapping paper to the landfill this Christm...

17 Dis 2019

Want to make gift-giving more eco-friendly this season? Here are some ideas

Plastic water bottles await collection for recycling in Africa.

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

As consumer goods companies clamour to address the reputational damage of ocean plastic pollution, credit schemes have emerged that enable firms to offset the plastic they produce and use, keep it out...

16 Feb 2021

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

Pendapat / CSR

Individual action is climate action

...landfill. Amid this false dichotomy, most Singaporeans fail to recognise the human rights crisis unfolding behind the scenes. They fail to see the stark health inequalities that their consumption hab...

5 Okt 2020

Individual action is climate action

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

...landfill at a high cost - to create environmentally friendly and odour-free electricity storage for fast charging. "We looked at durian and jackfruit because about 70 per cent of the fruit is not edib...

10 Mar 2020

Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Cambridge University to divest from fossil fuels, as momentum to decarbonise grows among world's top colleges

...landfill by 2030. The National University of Singapore announced plans in August to reduce waste generated and plant more trees. It aims to achieve a carbon neutral campus by 2030. Universities in the...

2 Okt 2020

Cambridge University to divest from fossil fuels, as momentum to decarbonise grows among world's top colleges

Berita / CSR

14 times sustainability was sort of funny in 2021

...landfill good for society? (Advice to corporates: stop saying sustainability is in your DNA. It's not true and no one believes you.) Sober by mid-century In a bid to highlight the absurdity of carbon ...

10 Dis 2021

14 times sustainability was sort of funny in 2021

Berita / CSR

Shiseido appoints Jiayun Fang as Asia Pacific sustainability manager

...landfill to zero by 2022. Based in Singapore, Fang reports to the corporate strategy and development department. She joined Shiseido as Asia Pacific life quality centre manager in 2018 from state inve...

3 Jun 2020

Shiseido appoints Jiayun Fang as Asia Pacific sustainability manager

Berita / CSR

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

...landfill at 45 global sites, and bottles made partly with recycled beach plastic. In an emailed response from P&G’s media relations office noted that the results of the shareholder vote will inclu...

28 Okt 2020

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

...landfill, or incinerated. One of the options is currently moot in the Philippines, where incineration is outlawed under the country's Clean Air Act. But the Philippine department of environment and n...

4 Mei 2020

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

In Bali, young people fight against plastic plague that threatens paradise

...landfills — while the rest is burned or dumped in nature. This results in 33,000 tonnes of plastic waste entering the ocean each year. As the numbers of tourists has steadily grown (up 10 per cent in ...

20 Feb 2020

In Bali, young people fight against plastic plague that threatens paradise

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Sri Lanka returns first batch of imported waste from the UK

...landfill sites to effectively handle such hazardous waste,” he said. This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com.

11 Dis 2020

Sri Lanka returns first batch of imported waste from the UK

Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...landfill. But people don’t like landfill, because it’s not well controlled. We’re trying to do better than landfill, with mechanical recycling, energy recovery [incineration] and chemical recycling. ...

20 Mei 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Our old cellphones, computers and appliances are a bigger problem than ever. Here’s what we need to do.

...landfills. It can contaminate air and water and pose health risks for people. It contributes to the climate crisis both in the form of fossil fuel energy required to produce and handle it and in green...

9 Jul 2020

Our old cellphones, computers and appliances are a bigger problem than ever. Here’s what we need to do.

Press Releases / Equis Development Pte. Ltd

Equis Development Pte Ltd completes capital raising for Korean waste to energy platform

...landfill and waste exports. We are committed to maintaining the highest environmental standards and see a significant potential to grow the platform regionally.” Vine Enviro will also generate ...

7 Ogo 2020

Equis Development Pte Ltd completes capital raising for Korean waste to energy platform

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Researchers use pineapple leaves to extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables

...landfilled, composted or turned into animal feed after the fruit is harvested. About 27.5 million tonnes of pineapples are harvested each year, and over 76 million tonnes of leaf waste is generated, a...

9 Sep 2020

Researchers use pineapple leaves to extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables

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Southeast Asia could save US$45.4 billion with solar instead of planned gas projects: study

As of 2025, solar electricity was already 50 per cent cheaper than gas in Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, …
Berita / Tenaga

Behind the layoffs in China’s solar industry

Companies are consolidating, automating production and shifting workers away from factory floors toward sales and advanced products.
Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge

Data from remote sensing platforms indicates Indonesia is likely experiencing its worst wildfires crisis in years as a …
Berita / Tenaga

Singapore sets Southeast Asia’s first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy

After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating …
Pendapat / Tenaga

From declarations to delivery: How Asean can finally rewire its energy grid

Coordinated investment, harmonised rules and protections for workers and households must underscore Southeast Asia’s push for a clean, …
Berita / Tenaga

Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system

Rising electricity demand from data centres is putting pressure on the country to expand generation and grid capacity, …

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