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Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

...Southeast Asian countries and large multi-national corporations make the most impact with our audience. We documented issues such as how countries in Southeast Asia were faring relative to one another...

13 Dec 2019

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...Southeast Asia, and also wants to work with the food industry and plastics manufacturers to help them find solutions for waste issues, Comly said. She noted that the plastic waste crisis in Southeast ...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Waste

Could Southeast Asia’s remote islands be powered by waste?

...Southeast Asia to use its technology to solve ocean debris and plastic waste problems, including by improving the region’s islands’ sustainability. The IEA noted that for waste-to-energy to gain tr...

7 Nov 2019

Could Southeast Asia’s remote islands be powered by waste?

Opinion / Waste

Why the plastic crisis matters

...Plastics have become a hot topic. News stories about plastic on beaches and in the oceans abound, and policymakers have begun to respond with bans or limitations on plastic bags and single-use plastic...

15 Nov 2019

Why the plastic crisis matters

News / Waste

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

...plastics. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, which is used to make plastic water bottles, is among the most recyclable kinds of plastic, with about half of the material recycled globally. But w...

5 Dec 2019

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

The IKEA catalogue. Customers are starting to complain about the unsolicited mass-mailing of the paper catalogues. Image: supplied by anonymous customer

News / Waste

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

...Southeast Asia about the unsolicited mailing of the company's iconic product catalogues. Why, some are asking, is a company lauded for sustainability initiatives such as solar panels on its buildings,...

29 Feb 2020

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

A chief sustainability officer working during Covid-19

News / Corporate Responsibility

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

...Southeast Asia sustainability head, although the furniture retailer claimed this was because the sustainability function is now so embedded that it no longer needs one. While all companies are taking ...

6 Oct 2020

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

News / Food & Agriculture

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

...plastic than the current plastic boxes. How to bounce back Experts said that more can be done, especially for smallholders, who produce about 85 per cent of the global supply of natural rubber. The Br...

16 Jul 2020

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

Opinion / Waste

Scientific rigour and harmonisation critical in determining threats of microplastics to human health

...plastic—equivalent to the weight of a credit card—every week through the air we breathe and the food and water we consume. With Southeast Asia facing water scarcity from climate change, an increase in...

30 Apr 2020

Scientific rigour and harmonisation critical in determining threats of microplastics to human health

News / Waste

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

...Asia, often made the scapegoat for the world’s plastic crisis, has undoubtedly contributed to marine plastic pollution, but such criticism has neglected the fact that Asian nations have traditionally ...

3 Jul 2019

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

News / Waste

Litterbugs, not plastic manufacturers, are responsible for the plastic crisis: Asian plastics giant

...plastic manufacturer, said that while plastic firms have a duty to help tackle the plastic crisis, "we're not responsible". "Plastic does not have legs. Somebody puts it there [in the environment]", s...

22 Nov 2019

Litterbugs, not plastic manufacturers, are responsible for the plastic crisis: Asian plastics giant

Traveller drinks water from a plastic bottle

News / Waste

Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

...plastic water bottles, 49,765 plastic amenities and amenity packages, 216,693 pieces of plastic for food and beverage operations, including plastic wrap, storage bags and latex gloves, and 13,375 plas...

8 Nov 2019

Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

News / Waste

Gojek leads the charge on disposable cutlery for online deliveries in Indonesia

...plastic waste in Southeast Asia's fast-growing online food delivery sector, Go-Food, a hugely popular food delivery service from ride-hailing app Gojek, will slap a IDR 1,000 (7 US cents) charge on or...

24 Jul 2019

Gojek leads the charge on disposable cutlery for online deliveries in Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

...Southeast Asia and Korea, Greenbury spoke about how countries and corporations can adopt circular bio-based economies and pursue inclusive growth. You’re one of our newest members to the APCO internat...

21 Aug 2020

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

Antoine Amory driving the Whale Warrior during The MV Ocean Warrior's crossing to Hobart with journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and ABC News

News / Water

Can hardline activists Sea Shepherd have an impact in Southeast Asia?

...Southeast Asia Though Sea Shepherd could use Singapore as a strategic base, the NGO has bigger fish to fry when it comes to protecting marine life in Southeast Asia. However, in Indonesia, home to som...

10 Feb 2020

Can hardline activists Sea Shepherd have an impact in Southeast Asia?

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever top polluters 2019

News / Waste

Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi top plastic polluter audit again as green groups slam recyclable packaging as 'false solution'

...plastic with paper or bioplastics and relying more heavily on a broken global recycling system,” said Abigail Aguilar, plastic campaign coordinator for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, the lead group for th...

24 Oct 2019

Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi top plastic polluter audit again as green groups slam recyclable packaging as 'false solution'

News / Waste

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

...plastic waste in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia. Indonesia is among the countries in the region that recently sent back cargo containers of plastic household waste from the U.S., Canada and Europ...

29 Jul 2019

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

News / Waste

What China’s waste import ban has meant for the West

...plastics directive, agreed in May 2019, for the first time introduced targets, not just for recycling plastic, but also for using recycled material: plastic bottles will have to contain at least 25 pe...

29 Jan 2020

What China’s waste import ban has meant for the West

News / Waste

Encouraging start, but Asean has to go beyond its pledge to tackle marine waste

...Southeast Asia must tackle the root cause of plastic pollution by rolling out policies to cut the amount of single-use plastics produced, said environmentalists, even as they welcomed the latest pledg...

26 Jun 2019

Encouraging start, but Asean has to go beyond its pledge to tackle marine waste

News / Waste

Southeast Asia struggles with trash rejected by China

...Southeast Asian nations into primary importers of plastic waste. “Plastic waste from industrialised countries is literally engulfing communities in Southeast Asia, transforming what were once clean an...

21 May 2019

Southeast Asia struggles with trash rejected by China

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