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The founders of Singapore's first sustainable online bookstore Thryft share how they started the company and their advice to budding entrepreneurs in the sustainability scene.

14 Dec 2021

landfill in thailand

Surging imports of plastic waste have put a strain on the livelihoods of Thailand’s informal trash collectors.

An ukay-ukay stall in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

In a survey by online marketplace Carousell, 92 per cent of respondents from the Philippines said they bought secondhand items, but because of affordability. Hong Kong and Singapore ranked highest for choosing pre-loved items because they're more sustainable.

coal barge on the Mahakam River in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Environmental activists have lambasted a plan by the Indonesian government to use bricks made from coal ash as building blocks for coral transplant projects..

11 November 2021

Meat sample in a cell culture dish.

28 October 2021

Manila climate protest

6 October 2021

plastic waste irreversible

30 August 2021

19 August 2021

A coal barge along a river in China.

12 August 2021

3 August 2021

Nautilus deep-sea mining machines

29 July 2021

Greener PPE Inventors tackle Covid-19 plastic waste mountain

26 July 2021

Frasers Property Australia’s One Central Park in Sydney.

23 July 2021

13 July 2021

Forget Thee Not shelf-coffin

2 July 2021

60 per cent fashion claims greenwashing

biowaste to biogas

30 June 2021

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28 June 2021

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