Eco-Business

India's shift to licensed recycling to gain critical minerals takes away work from informal hubs like Delhi's Seelampur district.

Chinese cities have more waste incinerators than they need, while rural areas go short. Change is needed.

After decades of industrial pollution, the people of Talcher now face economic decline after the thermal power plant closure, underscoring how poorly managed transitions worsen social and environmental vulnerabilities.

used laptops in a warehouse in Singapore

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.

Oleh Bryan Yong

Oleh Taejun Kang

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Oleh Siva Selan

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A balanced approach that includes both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal, backed by strong policy support, local manufacturing and circularity infrastructure, is essential to ensure India’s energy security. Oleh Vaibhav Chowdhary dan Shubham Jain

The UN should hold a vote in Geneva if countries try to water down plastic pollution deal. Oleh Zaynab Sadan

Thanks to a surge of innovation in circular economy technologies, ocean preservation is becoming an engine of industrial renewal and geopolitical resilience. But to unlock its full potential, those working in the blue economy need to change the narrative. Oleh Bertrand Piccard

The increasing presence of microplastics in the bodies of birds poses a global challenge. Oleh Syed Shariq Hussein

Oleh Vaibhav Chowdhary, Animesh Ghosh dan Debraj Bhattacharjee

Oleh Vinod Thomas

Oleh Suresh Ramasubramanya Iyer dan Shivang Agarwal

Oleh Romain Troublé

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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 Singapore's first water cremation service

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?

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A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

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.

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.

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.

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