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On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste

...plastics," said Anthony Lark, president of the Phuket Hotels Association and managing director of the Trisara resort. "Every resort in Southeast Asia has a plastic problem. Until we all make a change,...

21 Aug 2018

On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste

News / Waste

Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis

...plastic waste, the Southeast Asian nations have lagged behind China, which in January banned all imports of plastic waste. But when it comes to combating the hazards caused by plastic waste, the Sout...

30 Jul 2018

Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis

News / Corporate Responsibility

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Dr Lee Hui Mien, responsible tourism steward

...Southeast Asia when the opportunity came along. Four years later, Lee joined Temasek-owned Mandai Park Development, which is turning the Mandai area of Singapore into an eco-tourism hub. It was a peri...

23 Jan 2020

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Dr Lee Hui Mien, responsible tourism steward

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The rising tide of regulations on business and human rights: Could Asia be next?

...Asia’s economic role is ever-growing in the world. Asian countries’ investments outside and inside the region are expanding significantly. Golda Benjamin, Southeast Asia researcher, Business and Human...

13 Feb 2019

The rising tide of regulations on business and human rights: Could Asia be next?

Greenpeace investigation into plastic waste in Malaysia

Videos / Waste

Malaysia—the new dumping ground for the world's plastic waste

...Southeast Asia has become the new destination of choice for the world's trash. One of the biggest new waste importers is Malaysia, and an investigation by Greenpeace has revealed that much of the wast...

28 Nov 2018

Malaysia—the new dumping ground for the world's plastic waste

Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

News / Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

...Southeast Asia say. The region's e-waste sector has been under the spotlight since news broke in May last year of an e-waste smuggling ring in Thailand. One firm implicated in the incident was Singapo...

27 Mar 2019

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Deep clean: How ‘blue finance’ can save our oceans

...Asia-Pacific region alone. By 2052 oceans might contain more plastic than fish by weight and 90 per cent of coral reefs may be lost. The “blue economy”, which includes livelihoods and other economic b...

3 May 2019

Deep clean: How ‘blue finance’ can save our oceans

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

News / Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

...Southeast Asia, is twice as sunny as Northern Europe. Yet Southeast Asia is the world's laggard for renewable energy. Go figure. 8. The collapse of ecosystems is beginning The collapse of eco systems...

31 Oct 2018

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

News / Lifestyle

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

...Asian tourists. Khiri and Yaana are frontrunners in sustainable travel in Southeast Asia. What drew you to sustainability? Community-based tourism was how we got into sustainability and we got into ...

29 Oct 2018

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

...plastic polluters, environmentally conscious living in Asia, sustainable innovations and even ecosex. Here are the 10 stories that made Eco-Business' list of most-read stories for 2018. 1. Singapore u...

2 Jan 2019

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

News / Food & Agriculture

What is sustainable rubber?

...Southeast Asia, has been increasing at a rate of 5 per cent a year. However, over the centuries since rubber plantations took root, life has not become much better for smallholder farmers, who produc...

21 May 2019

What is sustainable rubber?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

...plastic. In October, Thailand said it would ban plastic imports. What is Singapore waiting for? As more whales wash up on beaches around Southeast Asia with their stomachs filled with plastic, as one...

20 Nov 2018

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

Stand up paddling against very clear waters

News / Manufacturing

Thai water sports company wants to take back its historical emissions

...plastic bag fee at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Bangkok, and organises clean-ups of waterways in Bangkok. “Oceans are filling up so quickly that we don’t have time for the usua...

10 Dec 2018

Thai water sports company wants to take back its historical emissions

Singapore's only landfill, the purpose-built trash island of Semakau

News / Waste

How will Singapore defuse a 16-year waste timebomb?

...Southeast Asia. But as the amount of waste it produces grows—solid waste generated has increased by almost two thirds in under two decades, from 4.7 million tonnes in 2000 to 7.7 million tonnes in 201...

25 May 2019

How will Singapore defuse a 16-year waste timebomb?

News / Waste

Philippines central government on solving plastic trash problem: 'We've done all we can'

...Southeast Asia based in the Philippines. “What they offer are single-use plastic products.” This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com. Read the full story.

12 Oct 2018

Philippines central government on solving plastic trash problem: 'We've done all we can'

A stack of printers at e-waste recycling facility Virogreen. SMEs find it hard to recycle bulky used electronics, so they are either stored in offices or dumped. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

...Southeast Asian nations have become the preferred destination for the developed world's trash after China closed its doors to waste imports at the start of last year. Recycling plants popping up in in...

2 Apr 2019

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

News / Carbon & Climate

7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

...plastic by 2030, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to take bold action against plastic pollution. Its weapons in the plastic battle include a nationwide charge on plastic bags and a market...

8 Dec 2018

7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

Activism, Singapore-style. Students from National University of Singapore and Yale-NUS are supporting a movement for their universities to divest from fossil fuels.

News / Lifestyle

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

...Southeast Asia has ever seen, petitions from teenagers pressured local retailers to switch to sustainable palm oil. Meanwhile, plastic reduction and shark fin has been raised in Parliament in the last...

4 Feb 2019

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

Press Releases / Green Is The New Black

The Conscious Festival by Green Is The New Black is back for its 4th year as a carbon neutral and zero waste festival

...Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS has a growing presence in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. T...

23 Oct 2018

The Conscious Festival by Green Is The New Black is back for its 4th year as a carbon neutral and zero waste festival

Press Releases / Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

13th annual Ricoh Eco Action Day launches in support of climate action

...Southeast Asia, and the Institute of Technical Education. “Environmental sustainability is a key priority and goal of the South West Community Development Council. Our partnership with Ricoh As...

3 Apr 2019

13th annual Ricoh Eco Action Day launches in support of climate action

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