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• News / Waste Management

  Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives

  The city's disposable tableware ban which comes into force today has spooked small retailers who fret about the …

  Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives
• News / Waste Management

  Petrochemicals lobby ‘spreading misinformation, false solutions’ as plastic treaty talks begin

  Plastics lobbyists are pushing recycling as a remedy to the plastic crisis, which NGOs decry as a "false …

  Petrochemicals lobby 'spreading misinformation, false solutions' as plastic treaty talks begin
• News / Policy & Finance

  How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia

  Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation.

  How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
• News / Manufacturing

  NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado

  Earthsight says Asian garment manufacturers supplying top fashion brands use cotton linked to land-grabbing in the Cerrado region.

  NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado
• Opinion / Waste Management

  UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?

  Applying lessons from the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will forge an …

  UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?
• News / Waste Management

  How can the world use less plastic and reduce pollution?

  As UN talks in Canada seek global plastics treaty, research says levels of plastic waste have become unmanageable.

  How can the world use less plastic and reduce pollution?