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Policy & Finance

Philippines gets $500 million in blue economy investment from ADB

The loan will finance projects that support sustainable management of the archipelago's marine ecosystems.
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Waste

Why reuse – not recycling – should be Southeast Asia’s priority in the struggle against mounting e-waste

EB Studio 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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Policy & Finance

Taiwan unveils draft circular economy roadmap, eyes deeper collaboration with Southeast Asia

As Taiwan accelerates in circular industries, the test for Southeast Asia is whether the region can align with the island’s new circular economy roadmap fast enough to unlock advantages in cross-border trade.
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Waste

Weak plastic reduction targets expose brands to share price declines and legal risk, study finds

Companies with stronger plastic waste management strategies showed steadier revenues and cash flow, a report by Planet Tracker finds. Litigation costs across the plastics sector could exceed US$20 billion by 2030.

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29 October 2025

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Waste

Indonesia seeks foreign investment in 'green' incinerators to tackle waste crisis

6 October 2025

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Manufacturing

Bangladesh's textile firms turn to technology to sort waste crisis

1 October 2025

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Waste

'Plastic holidays on mystic island’: Siquijor's journey to be the Philippines’ first zero waste destination

30 September 2025

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Waste

SG Recycle folds paper recycling scheme amid funding constraints and low paper prices

17 September 2025

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Waste

Plastics talks failure is bad news for the circular economy

20 August 2025

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Waste

After Geneva, how can the world salvage a plastics deal?

14 August 2025

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Policy & Finance

China, Indonesia stepping up in plastics treaty negotiations: observers

6 August 2025

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Waste

Asean needs to spend US$178 billion to fix plastic leakage by 2050: OECD

30 July 2025

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Waste

Calling Singapore’s textile exports ‘recycling’ is a problem, says Cloop’s co-founder

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Waste

INC-5.2 an opportunity for Malaysia to lead Asean in global plastics treaty talks, say parliamentarians

28 July 2025

Introduced in 2011, Singapore's blue recycling bins are often treated like rubbish bins.

Waste

Industry experts call out Singapore's 2030 waste target as 'unrealistic' as its domestic recycling rate dips to new low

16 July 2025

Cynthia Handriani Wijaya, chief corporate officer, Daya Selaras Group

Waste

'We need people to realise that waste has value': Cynthia Wijaya on Indonesian packaging firm's circularity pivot

9 July 2025

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Energy

Providing solar energy to Philippines' rural areas is my way of abating natural disasters: Jovie Montajes

25 June 2025

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Waste

Philippine firms cutting plastics show that polluter-pays laws work in Global South: Nanette Medved-Po

22 May 2025

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Energy

Decommissioning offshore wind is a looming ecological challenge

24 April 2025

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Manufacturing

Textile giant Bangladesh pushed to recycle more waste

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