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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 / Carbon & Climate

  South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia

  Co-led by two senior South Pole staff, the Singapore-based Asia Centre of Carbon Excellence seeks to grow nascent …

  South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia
• 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 / Waste Management

  Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks

  Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found …

  Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
• 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