English
Publish with us
Subscribe
Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development

News / #plastic

8 November 2018

BreadTalk 2

Corporate Responsibility

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

bottleandaerogel

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

plastic waste beach thailand

Waste

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

12 October 2018

sachets

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

None

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

litter free oceans

Waste

5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprint

13 September 2018

Mexico bioplastics

Waste

Turning waste into bioplastics, Mexico strikes green gold

6 September 2018

gorontalocleanup

Waste

Top plastic polluter Indonesia mobilises 20,000 people to clean up mess

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

Most popular

leaf background pattern

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Strategic Organisations

NVPC Singapore Company of Good logo
First Gen
NZCA