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Sisa Kumbahan
What’s behind China’s waste incineration overcapacity?
Chinese cities have more waste incinerators than they need, while rural areas go short. Change is needed.
Sisa Kumbahan
Why reuse – not recycling – should be Southeast Asia’s priority in the struggle against mounting e-waste
Studio EB
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.
India's push to formalise e-waste recycling has triggered lawsuits from big brands, which could reshape how critical minerals are recovered.
Indonesia's 33 planned waste-to-energy plants could generate 20 megawatts of "green electricity" in Jakarta alone daily, the country's national economic council chairman says. But NGOs worry about pollution from the plants and the displacement of waste pickers.
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The increasing presence of microplastics in the bodies of birds poses a global challenge.
Bandar-bandar
Pulling Hanoi from the pollution precipice
Hanoi’s air pollution crisis demands action in emission regulation, waste management and climate mitigation.
Sisa Kumbahan
How microplastics are destroying soil and human health
Plastic-contaminated soils affect food security, water quality and ecosystems, making soil health a critical global issue.
Makanan & Pertanian
Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025
Countries must address the cow in the room in the lead up to Brazil’s COP30.
Sisa Kumbahan
The hunt for sustainable plastic solutions
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Studio EB
About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.
To raise awareness about plastic pollution in oceans, popular football club Manchester United has announced new uniforms made from recycled ocean plastic.
The new development - to be used for military exercises - will reclaim land using less sand, and introduces the city-state’s first sub-sea level polder.
Traditional landowners say a plan to store radioactive waste near sacred Aboriginal sites is a desecration of their heritage.
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Sisa Kumbahan
Southeast Asia has too much to lose – we need an ambitious plastics treaty: Singapore campaigner Terese Teoh
Speaking from the INC-5.2 talks in Geneva, the Singapore Youth for Climate Action president argues that having no treaty is better than a watered-down pact with no limits on plastic production. But there is no explicit Asean-wide support for such caps now, she observes.
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Zero Waste Day shines a light on fashion and textiles
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As electronic waste surges, countries look for answers
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