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28 August 2018

The Conscious Festival by Green is the New Black was held in Hong Kong early this year, bringing together local and international brands that promote sustainable lifestyle and consumption choices. Image: Green Is The New Black Asia

Lifestyle

Will sustainability ever trump price for Asian consumers?

21 August 2018

phuket island

Waste

On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste

16 August 2018

ladakh women

Waste

As tourists flock to Indian Himalayas, women lead plastics clean-up

8 August 2018

Recycling technologies

Waste

Chemical recycling is coming of age

3 August 2018

plastic norway

Waste

Natural waste holds promise of safe plastic

2 August 2018

fossil fuels uk

Waste

Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases

1 August 2018

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

Waste

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

30 July 2018

Littered beach, Bali, Indonesia

Waste

Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis

clean up Mt Everest

Waste

'Green mountaineers' clean up Everest's litter

24 July 2018

Bali trash heroes

Waste

Trash heroes and scavenger apps battle Bali's 'garbage emergency'

18 July 2018

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Corporate Responsibility

Food packaging industry is the ‘scapegoat' of environmentalism

17 July 2018

Single-use plastic bags are stuffed into a grate door in Little India, Singapore. Only 6 per cent of the city-state's plastic waste was recycled last year. Image: Michael Coghlan/Flickr

Waste

Singapore’s battle with disposable plastic addiction

13 July 2018

Dr Zhaotan Xiao from RWDC Industries pitching biodegradable bioplastic straws at The Liveability Challenge Finale

Waste

Biodegradable straws win at The Liveability Challenge 2018

5 July 2018

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Carbon & Climate

Environmental issues are top priority for Asia’s youth

25 June 2018

synthetic sports apparel

Manufacturing

Our clothes are contaminating our planet with tiny plastic threads

19 June 2018

A collector sifts through plastic waste in Indonesia

Waste

Plastics: how to transform recycling

11 June 2018

G7 meeting

Policy & Finance

‘We face a global emergency’ over oceans: UN chief sounds the alarm at G7 Summit event

8 June 2018

plastic iceberg

Waste

Iceberg in the tropics: Art raises awareness of plastic pollution

6 June 2018

Colourful paper straws

Waste

80% of Singapore consumers ready to ditch plastic straws

22 May 2018

plastic bank-beach

Waste

Can blockchain turn plastic waste into currency for the poor—and save our oceans?

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