Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development
News / #plastic
Visitor survey finds continued use of single-use toiletries and plastic bags in protected areas.
Move brings 18 toy categories under extended producer responsibility rules as Seoul steps up efforts to cut plastic wastes.
Seoul expects more than 2,200 tonnes of plastic savings a year as QR-code packaging becomes standard.
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.
All #plastic News
4 December 2025
27 November 2025
10 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
‘Climate whiplash’: Asia’s worst extreme weather events of 2025
30 October 2025
1 October 2025
19 September 2025
17 September 2025
5 September 2025
20 August 2025
19 August 2025
14 August 2025
6 August 2025
30 July 2025
29 July 2025
21 July 2025
Most popular
-
![Semiconductor Malaysia]()
News / Manufacturing
Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn
EB Studio At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could … -
![Food_Waste_Market_India]()
Opinion / Food & Agriculture
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis. -
![Loy Yang B coal-fired power station, a 1,200-megawatt plant that supplies 20 per cent of power to the state of Victoria. Sembcorp says the plant's "flexible and low-cost baseload electricity will be required to support the integration of renewables into the grid."]()
The Singapore firm has said it would buy the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned firm, but there are no … -
![A city view of Singapore]()
News / Carbon & Climate
Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds
New mapping of climate firms shows region rich in solutions but constrained by grids, finance and coordination. -
![Sustainable innovations of 2025]()
News / Policy & Finance
14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025
From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems … -
![Arthur Joseph Kurup]()
News / Policy & Finance
Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister
He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting …
