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Opinion / Waste

Under Delhi’s mountains of waste lie buried a grim social reality

...landfills that ring the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) periphery. The Bhalswa landfill is located right next to National Highway 44 that runs northward to Haryana and beyond. Fourteen months ago,...

10 Jun 2024

Under Delhi’s mountains of waste lie buried a grim social reality

A Chinese oil and gas field in the North Sea

News / Policy & Finance

Asia makes up over half of global emissions but less than a third are covered by carbon markets: study

...landfill gas capture projects in these countries, which typically have lower mitigation costs.

16 Sep 2025

Asia makes up over half of global emissions but less than a third are covered by carbon markets: study

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025

...landfill. We need to bring the same focus to one of the world’s largest sources of man-made methane emissions: the Big Meat and Dairy industry. Big Meat and Dairy While fossil fuel companies have been...

7 Jan 2025

Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025

Opinion / Waste

Malaysia battles to avoid waste chokehold

...landfills. In Malaysia, most of the landfills are open dumpsites and 89 per cent of the collected garbage ends up in landfills. Disposal issues where most waste goes to landfills rather than being uti...

7 Jun 2024

Malaysia battles to avoid waste chokehold

News / Waste

Should businesses pay to clean up plastic waste they create?

...landfills, out of 486 million kg of total audited and reported plastic packaging in 2023. This volume of waste spared landfills the equivalent of US$14.5 million in the plastic credit market, in which...

2 Dec 2024

Should businesses pay to clean up plastic waste they create?

Press Releases / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

As electronic waste surges, countries look for answers

...landfills as long as possible, experts say. Any electronics that can no longer be reused or repurposed, Aggarwal-Khan said, should be managed in formal electronic waste facilities to ...

25 Mar 2025

As electronic waste surges, countries look for answers

News / Cities

Thailand’s Hat Yai rebuilds after devastating floods

...landfill sites. With all the rubbish mixed together, the longer-term environmental and public health consequences of such waste disposal can only be guessed at. Cleaning his wooden benches, Khun Wichi...

6 Feb 2026

Thailand’s Hat Yai rebuilds after devastating floods

Opinion / Waste

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris

...landfills, and recycling systems. By analysing practices like recycling rates and landfill capacities, Material Flow Analysis pinpoints regions most vulnerable to plastic leakage. This analysis provid...

10 Dec 2024

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris

News / Waste

Microplastics could accelerate antibiotic resistance, studies find

...landfills or recycling plants, could transport drug-resistant bacteria to new environments. Even recycling may promote AMR, because plastic waste is often treated with disinfectants before being proce...

14 Jul 2026

Microplastics could accelerate antibiotic resistance, studies find

Press Releases / Skechers Sundown Festival

Sundown Festival launches Southeast Asia’s first music climate action pledge in partnership with Bye Bye Plastic Foundation

...landfill waste and environmental degradation. Through the Music Climate Action Pledge, signatories commit to: Phasing out at least two of the “big three” plastics (straws, cups, bottl...

7 Jul 2025

Sundown Festival launches Southeast Asia’s first music climate action pledge in partnership with Bye Bye Plastic Foundation

Producers must register their products for the Beverage Container Return Scheme from 1 April

News / Waste

Singapore’s bottle return scheme faces transparency concerns as producers grapple with tight deadlines

...landfill, which is projected to be full within a decade. However, BCRS Ltd – the non-profit scheme operator formed by major players Coca-Cola Singapore, F&N Foods and Pokka – has drawn criticism f...

20 Nov 2025

Singapore’s bottle return scheme faces transparency concerns as producers grapple with tight deadlines

Press Releases / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution

...landfilled, incinerated or lost into the environment. UNEP's work is made possible by the Member States that contribute to the Environment Fund, UNEP’s core fund that enables its...

5 May 2025

Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution

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News / Energy

Southeast Asia recycling plays catch up ahead of battery boom

...landfill, Semakau Landfill," Khor said at the opening of a battery recycling plant last year. In Indonesia, 2 million tonnes of e-waste were produced in 2021, and only about 17 per cent was recycled, ...

25 Oct 2024

Southeast Asia recycling plays catch up ahead of battery boom

News / Cities

India pioneers emissions market for particulate matter

...landfill methane recovery and mangrove afforestation as areas for climate-friendly projects that can generate carbon credits. India’s environment ministry has also launched a carbon credit trading sch...

23 Jun 2025

India pioneers emissions market for particulate matter

News / Carbon & Climate

Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’

...landfill sites around the world since 2019. Allen says landfill waste is a “growing international problem”– especially in countries with poor landfill regulation. For example, according to a survey f...

16 Sep 2024

Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’

News / Waste

Convenient infrastructure, consistent collection key to strengthening Malaysia's EPR model: experts

...landfill capacity by 2050, according to government data. To address this, large industry players like Nestlé Malaysia have been working with local councils and waste collectors across the country to c...

9 Oct 2025

Convenient infrastructure, consistent collection key to strengthening Malaysia's EPR model: experts

News / Corporate Responsibility

Singapore SMEs are struggling with sustainability, but for some it's a competitive edge

...landfills and help corporate clients reduce their waste footprint. Although BNL’s investment in IoT processing systems was significant, it has yielded returns by improving the accuracy of waste monit...

6 Apr 2026

Singapore SMEs are struggling with sustainability, but for some it's a competitive edge

News / Waste

Reuse initiatives drive Indonesia’s efforts to cut plastic waste, build circular economy

...landfills. Up to 1.29 million metric tons end up in the ocean each year, accounting for a tenth of global marine plastic waste. Plastic also clogs up the nation’s rivers, with four of them — the Brant...

17 Apr 2025

Reuse initiatives drive Indonesia’s efforts to cut plastic waste, build circular economy

Opinion / Waste

How microplastics are destroying soil and human health

...landfills and garbage dumping sites and plastic pollutants from municipal wastewater and industrial effluents directly add the MNPs in soil and water. Modern farming practices such as using mulching f...

12 Jan 2025

How microplastics are destroying soil and human health

News / Lifestyle

Shocking places where microplastics were found in 2025

...landfills, rivers or oceans. It now falls from the sky, contaminates our crops and seafood, spreads through animals, and reaches deep into the human body. A new study by Indonesia’s National Research ...

22 Dec 2025

Shocking places where microplastics were found in 2025

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