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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

News / Carbon & Climate

All is not lost: 8 stories that gave the planet hope in 2019

...Southeast Asian coal projects, and Southeast Asia’s three biggest banks pledged to cease coal power lending earlier this year. Similar moves have been announced by financial institutions in China and ...

31 Dec 2019

All is not lost: 8 stories that gave the planet hope in 2019

Opinion / Policy & Finance

High time for a Green New Deal for Singapore

...plastic bag inside a plastic container which check-out staff subsequently tried to place in a small plastic bag before storing it in a carry-on plastic bag. Surely the country can ban single-use plast...

28 Aug 2019

High time for a Green New Deal for Singapore

The formula, here seen in pellet form, has been billed as an eco solution to degrading styrofoam waste, livestock growth, pests, baldness, bad odours, skin conditions, and a human detox treatment has been called out as green tech fraud. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

...Southeast Asia as an environmentally-safe way to degrade plastic waste, kill pests, and fatten livestock, among other uses, has been called out as green tech fraud. The chemical formula, developed by ...

5 Feb 2020

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

Speaker made from “non-recyclable” plastic waste

News / Policy & Finance

What does the EU circular economy plan mean for China?

...plastic, unsorted scrap paper and other waste materials, enforced since January 2018. Since then, other countries in Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have followed suit to reduc...

18 Mar 2020

What does the EU circular economy plan mean for China?

Sky Greens’ vertical farming systems in the background. Each vertical tower requires only 40 watts of electricity to operate—the equivalent of one lightbulb. Image: Sky Greens

News / Energy

7 smart innovations from Southeast Asia to speed up the energy transition

...Southeast Asia to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change. Eco-Business has identified seven green innovations in Southeast Asia that could help the region transition to a brighter, safer futu...

21 Oct 2019

7 smart innovations from Southeast Asia to speed up the energy transition

News / Manufacturing

How I got here... Yours founder Navneet Kaur

...Southeast and North Asia. In April 2018, she moved to bicycle sharing company Ofo, a firm that went from billion-dollar startup to near bankrupcy in four years. Kaur's tenure there as head of strategy...

28 Apr 2020

How I got here... Yours founder Navneet Kaur

a shelf of cockroaches at Shandong Qiaobin Agricultural Technology Co., in Jinan, China. WOCHIT NEWS YOUTUBE

News / Cities

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2019

...Southeast Asia’s cities more liveable and resilient. Drone reforestation Swarms of drones can plant trees 150 times faster than traditional methods, by firing seeds with speed and accuracy into the gr...

24 Dec 2019

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2019

Press Releases / Circulate Capital

Circulate Capital and Ocean Conservancy publish first-of-its-kind investment guide to help solve South & Southeast Asia ocean plastic crisis

...plastic in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA), released on March 6th “Investing to Reduce Plastic Pollution in South and Southeast Asia: a handbook for action” (“handbook”), a gui...

8 Mar 2019

Circulate Capital and Ocean Conservancy publish first-of-its-kind investment guide to help solve South & Southeast Asia ocean plastic crisis

A lone man walks down a usually busy street in Little India, Singapore, during the coronavirus outbreak. Image: Tim Ha/Eco-Business

News / Carbon & Climate

World Environment Day 2020: How a pandemic is changing sustainability

...Southeast Asia and Oceania, C40 Cities: The pandemic has provided a preview of the disruptions to come if we do not address climate change. Mayors of C40 Cities [a group of 96 cities that have committ...

5 Jun 2020

World Environment Day 2020: How a pandemic is changing sustainability

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