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...landfills. There were 11,000 MRFs in the country as of 2021, catering to around 40 per cent, or 16,418 out of the total 42,046 barangays, based on the latest data from the National Solid Waste Managem...

9 Jan 2024

...landfills. However, we do find that its disclosure on pollutants and risk management is missing, and overall disclosures on corporate governance are weaker than other sections. On balance, we think L...

14 Oct 2022

Plastic waste clogging a beach head in Jakarta

...landfills, not recycled. Rubbish in, rubbish out, as the saying goes. Having looked into this, I am left with the impression that some of these initiatives allow plastic industries to greenwash themse...

29 Sep 2023

...landfills. Starting December 2023, companies are to recover 10 per cent of their plastic waste footprint until they reach an 80 per cent recovery rate in December 2030. There are currently 189 landfil...

15 Jul 2022

...landfilling, or other waste management activities. The chemicals sector essentially refers to companies involved in the production, manufacturing, and distribution of chemicals – be it pharmaceuticals...

5 Dec 2023

Energy Development Corporation partners with DXC Technology, LiteHaus International to bring digitalisation to Kidapawan schools

...landfills by extending the equipment’s end of life. Seelan Ngayam, president for Asia Pacific, DXC Technology, said: “The programme is based on the simple premise of acquiring refurbish...

17 Mar 2023

...Landfills and wastewater comprise around 20 per cent. In agriculture, emissions from manure and enteric fermentation from livestock represent roughly 32 per cent, and rice cultivation 8 per cent. Expe...

5 Oct 2022

...landfill, was originally supposed to be operational till 2030, then 2045 – authorities attribute it to better recycling – before the current warning that it could be full by 2035. Ahead of Chinese New...

20 Jan 2023

...landfill. They don’t know the environmental impact. We wanted to source a solution to help them manage their waste.” Inspired to solve the waste problem, the Sabah-born Ng established Global Cerah, an...

16 Mar 2023

...landfill was, until it was shut down in 2020, the primary dumping ground for the city of Dalat. Five kilometres from central Dalat in the Central Highlands region, the landfill was the final destinati...

4 Jul 2022

...landfills. This is the first large-scale WTE in the country, after a proposal for a US$423 million facility in Quezon Ciity stalled in 2019, amid strong opposition from environmental groups. The signi...

26 Sep 2022

Fossil fuels equals eco-fascism - SG Climate Rally 2023

...landfill is running out of space. And when a new landfill has to be built for our waste, it's the taxpayers that will pay for it, not the packaging industry which has been profiting off this." "Life ...

25 Sep 2023

...landfill, and creating new value from inedible food by-products such as turning grape residue, barley waste or citrus fruit waste into paper, presents opportunities to fully close the loop on food was...

5 Dec 2022

...landfills. “The main thing that must be done is to prevent the leakage of plastic waste from land, both upstream and downstream,” Pertiwi said. “Personally, education about the importance of good wast...

7 Sep 2022

...landfills — what it calls an “insane” state of affairs. Small plastics like coffee pods, according to some estimates, can take up to 500 years to decompose in landfills, where they leach chemicals int...

23 Dec 2022

...landfills. Bulky and hard to compact, an estimated 20 million mattresses end up in landfills annually in the United States, with each taking up to 40 cubic foot of space. To deal with mattress wastage...

6 May 2022

...landfilled or incinerated. Now, some start-ups are banking on consumers’ desire to not only look and feel good but to do good – to the environment, to growers of natural produce, and so on. From reduc...

27 Jan 2023

...landfill. Tell us how you went about that story? Hannah: The child waste-pickers story was meant to show the social cost of waste, not just the environmental angle. We went through a non-profit that p...

19 Mar 2025

...landfill and upcycled it to useful products since its launch in 2022. What’s next? We want to move on from having to incentivise people to segregate their waste for recycling. At the end of the day, i...

14 Feb 2024

...landfills, which are the second-highest producers of greenhouse gases, while adding value to the nation's economy. 4. Insect-based fertilisers can tackle food crises Agriculture is the primary con...

10 May 2023

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