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Manufacturing
Can born-again materials become fashion’s next big trend?
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s. But this will not be the case if the waste is channeled back into the system. Companies must look at their business models and change what will not work in future, he said. “We can’t just s...
20 Jun 2019
Can born-again materials become fashion’s next big trend?
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Waste
'War' on food waste can save money and boost profits, tech firm says
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s where it rots, releasing greenhouse gases, while fuel, water and energy needed to grow, store and carry it is wasted. A growing number of impact investors—who aim to bring social or environm...
10 Oct 2018
'War' on food waste can save money and boost profits, tech firm says
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Food & Agriculture
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
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s each year. Valérie Guillard is a food engineering scientist at the University of Montpellier in France and the coordinator of the project, called GLOPACK. The project uses residues from foo...
15 May 2019
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
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Manufacturing
In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeover
In Hong Kong, more than 340 tonnes of textile waste is dumped each day into the city's overflowing
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s, according to the city's Environmental Protection Department. But a new textile spinning mi...
19 Sep 2018
In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeover
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SABIC
Sabic and customers launch certified circular polymers from mixed plastic waste
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. SABIC will process this feedstock on its production site at Geleen in The Netherlands. The finished certified circular polymers will then be supplied to the three key customers to use in th...
31 Jan 2019
Sabic and customers launch certified circular polymers from mixed plastic waste
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Corporate Responsibility
Can Singapore build more sustainable industries?
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s. Zero waste is a goal, but can it actually be achieved at the post-consumer stage?” Meanwhile Kazuhisa Goto, managing director of Ricoh Asia Pacific, highlighted in his address the power of ...
4 Jul 2018
Can Singapore build more sustainable industries?
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Waste
Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases
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s or the environment, previous research has found. Scientists have repeatedly linked exposure to some plastic chemicals, such as bisphenol A (BPA), to health risks. The so-called garbage patch...
2 Aug 2018
Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases
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Waste
Ditch NIMBY to fix Philippines’ municipal solid waste problem
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landfill
– again NIMBY prevailed. Third, the ban on incineration eliminated a viable alternative to
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ing. The 2000 law solely prescribed engineered sanitary
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s as the acceptable method o...
16 Oct 2017
Ditch NIMBY to fix Philippines’ municipal solid waste problem
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Food & Agriculture
In addressing climate change, rice production needs more attention and urgent action
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s (11 per cent) and well ahead of coal mining (6 per cent). Put another way, rice production—all 500 million metric tonnes a year—emits as much carbon dioxide through methane emissions as the ...
9 Jan 2019
In addressing climate change, rice production needs more attention and urgent action
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Green Buildings
How will low-lying Singapore’s built environment survive rising seas?
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island, Semakau. The obvious place to start is to lift buildings further above sea level. "This will mean completely changing how we design road and urban infrastructure," said architect Tan...
30 Sep 2019
How will low-lying Singapore’s built environment survive rising seas?
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Waste
How to solve Asia’s waste crisis
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s with varying degrees of environmental controls. Recycling often involved burning plastics in uncontrolled conditions similar to old incinerators. Today, the aim is to recover, recycle and re...
4 Jan 2019
How to solve Asia’s waste crisis
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Corporate Responsibility
UK food giants from Tesco to Nestle aim to halve waste by 2030
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s where it rots, releasing greenhouse gases, while fuel, water, and energy needed to grow, store and carry it is wasted. "Today's announcement is truly a game changer for food waste prevention...
28 Sep 2018
UK food giants from Tesco to Nestle aim to halve waste by 2030
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Waste
E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention
International regulations designed to limit the environmental impact of electronic waste could be making the problem worse, experts in Southeast Asia say. The region's e-waste sector has been under th...
27 Mar 2019
E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention
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Cities
Making cities sustainable for the world’s growing population
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, a 40-year-old dumpsite located right in the middle of Bhopal. “The Bhanpur dumpsite is a burning issue and it requires immediate intervention,” said Pryianka Das, Commissioner of the Bhopal ...
1 Feb 2018
Making cities sustainable for the world’s growing population
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Waste
Putting waste to work for green and resilient cities
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s, leaving a growing share of scarce and valuable land unproductive. Organic trash, food we or animals eat, and horticultural waste makes up about half of global solid waste. Paper and plastic...
5 Jul 2018
Putting waste to work for green and resilient cities
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Carbon & Climate
Climate action and business
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. It plans to do this by getting its farmers to adopt sustainable practices that reduce emissions and protect at risk water sources, for example. “ IKEA will also cut emissions in its value c...
20 Feb 2019
Climate action and business
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Waste
Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis
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s are limited in Laos, and community dumps are poorly managed. As a result, Henderson said, “the majority of people must come up with their own solutions for waste disposal by burning their ga...
30 Jul 2018
Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis
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Waste
Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?
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. How do you ensure that the digital links can't be forged and that the information given is genuine and accurate? The unique identities provided for individual products are crypto-secure cred...
6 Mar 2019
Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?
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Waste
Five ways to tackle ghost fishing gear
Fishing gear that’s lost or dumped in the ocean may account for almost one half of all the plastic waste that ends up there. But this equipment, which is manufactured for fishing or aquaculture, isn’t...
8 Jan 2019
Five ways to tackle ghost fishing gear
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Carbon & Climate
5 under-recognised impacts of air pollution
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s, agriculture and other sources, is invisible. It contributed to 500,000 deaths worldwide in 2017, and as many as 23 million emergency room visits in 2015. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2),...
6 Jun 2019
5 under-recognised impacts of air pollution
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Energy
Southeast Asia could save US$45.4 billion with solar instead of planned gas projects: study
As of 2025, solar electricity was already 50 per cent cheaper than gas in Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, …
Southeast Asia could save US$45.4 billion with solar instead of planned gas projects: study
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Energy
Singapore sets Southeast Asia’s first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy
After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating …
Singapore sets Southeast Asia's first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy
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Food & Agriculture
As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge
Data from remote sensing platforms indicates Indonesia is likely experiencing its worst wildfires crisis in years as a …
As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge
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Energy
Behind the layoffs in China’s solar industry
Companies are consolidating, automating production and shifting workers away from factory floors toward sales and advanced products.
Behind the layoffs in China’s solar industry
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Energy
From declarations to delivery: How Asean can finally rewire its energy grid
Coordinated investment, harmonised rules and protections for workers and households must underscore Southeast Asia’s push for a clean, …
From declarations to delivery: How Asean can finally rewire its energy grid
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Energy
Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system
Rising electricity demand from data centres is putting pressure on the country to expand generation and grid capacity, …
Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system
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