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In a landmark decision, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court recently determined that long-term waste dumping at a site in Meethotamulla violated residents’ fundamental rights and faulted the authorities for allowing the dump to expand beyond permitted limits.
The Singapore Reuse Coalition aims to advance return, refill, repair and repurpose systems in the city-state.
The Bantargebang disaster exposes chronic weaknesses in Indonesia’s waste system – with overcapacity and poor management driving repeated risks.
Close to half of the country’s waste is handled by vulnerable informal recyclers, so how much can a national framework really do?
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