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10 December 2018

Stand up paddling against very clear waters

Manufacturing

Thai water sports company wants to take back its historical emissions

8 December 2018

G20 summit

Carbon & Climate

7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

7 December 2018

The NUS prototype

Carbon & Climate

7 cool sustainability innovations from Asia in 2018

16 November 2018

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Lifestyle

Wonderfruit 2018 to inspire sustainability through architecture

13 November 2018

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Corporate Responsibility

Indonesia leans on businesses to do more about plastic waste

8 November 2018

National University of Singapore's straw-free campaign

Waste

Singapore university's plastic straw ban sparks backlash from students: 'I've been greatly inconvenienced'

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Corporate Responsibility

Singapore F&B retailers show slow progress in reducing plastic consumption

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Waste

World’s first aerogels made from PET bottles to tackle plastic waste

1 November 2018

Loke Poh Lin launched the Bliss Zero Waste Store in Malaysia this year. “We should have such stores in every neighbourhood," she says. Image: Carolyn Hong

Waste

Plastic-free stores mushroom in Malaysia

31 October 2018

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

29 October 2018

Tourists on a biking tour

Lifestyle

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

26 October 2018

Waste collector in Indonesia segregating trash

Waste

Plastic producers pool US$90m to tackle ocean pollution

24 October 2018

Olam photo challenge winners

Carbon & Climate

Photographs that imagine a brighter future

17 October 2018

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Waste

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

12 October 2018

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Waste

Philippines central government on solving plastic trash problem: 'We've done all we can'

9 October 2018

Coca-Cola is the world's biggest plastic polluter, according to 239 cleanups and brand audits conducted in 42 countries by Greenpeace. Image: Justin Hofman / Greenpeace

Waste

World's biggest plastic polluters revealed

2 October 2018

Water dispensers at Wildlife Reserve's four parks have led to a 20 per cent reduction in packaged water sales, saving 13 tonnes of plastic a year. Image: WRS

Waste

Sustainable packaging: How Singapore firms are getting it right

1 October 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

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Singapore environment ministry pushes back against MP's proposal to cut single-use plastic and tax bags

29 September 2018

Plastic trash piles on top of a rubbish bin in downtown Singapore.

Waste

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

21 September 2018

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Waste

5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprint

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