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With 'unforgettable' bag, Malaysian shoppers paid to cut plastic waste

...Malaysia, said Azmel. Every Malaysian on average throws away 300 plastic bags a year, according to the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association. Von Hernandez, global coordinator of the Break Free...

3 Apr 2018

With 'unforgettable' bag, Malaysian shoppers paid to cut plastic waste

Albaba Singles Day 2018 Global Shopping Festival

News / Policy & Finance

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

...Malaysia by 2030. In Beijing and Jakarta, people can pay for public transport by trading their plastic waste for credit through reverse vending machines. Hotels and resorts around Asia are starting t...

5 Mar 2019

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

Traveller drinks water from a plastic bottle

News / Waste

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

...Malaysia. The Elkay stations have several features that make them suitable for hotels, said a spokesperson. These include touchless sensor activation, a fast flow rate that can fill a one-litre bottle...

8 Nov 2019

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

News / Energy

An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

...Malaysia, scooters in Myanmar, bicycles in Singapore, and jeepneys in the Philippines. But, as sea levels rise around the climate-vulnerable sub-region, what about transport of the seafaring variety? ...

26 Aug 2019

An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

News / Policy & Finance

Kuala Lumpur 'living library' bridges generation gap in aging Asia

...Malaysia's population will be 60 years or more by 2030, said Siew, a sustainability advisor at Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad. "Malaysia is not prepared for this," he said, adding that few n...

2 Jul 2018

Kuala Lumpur 'living library' bridges generation gap in aging Asia

News / Cities

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promise

...Malaysian stability and the marine environment. Image: Keith Schneider for Mongabay. Country Garden disputes the $55 million figure, which was cited by the Malaysian Insider, but “cannot divulge a sp...

6 Sep 2018

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promise

News / Food & Agriculture

How food systems can tackle malnutrition while healing the planet

...Malaysia, where instant noodles are a comfort food, in 2020, and is aiming for them to become part of nutritious food programmes in the country’s schools. “ It’s imperative that food manufacturers br...

26 Nov 2019

How food systems can tackle malnutrition while healing the planet

News / Transport

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

...Malaysia Airports added a second terminal to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the buildings were designed to maximise the use of sunlight for lighting and to capture rainwater, which now suppli...

21 Aug 2019

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

...Malaysia. While forest fires are cyclical, typically occurring in Indonesia every year from July through October, this year’s season is the worst since 2015, when fires resulted in $16 billion in econ...

9 Oct 2019

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

News / Energy

Microgrids are powering remote communities—and helping Southeast Asia's eco resorts live up to their name

...Malaysia’s Johor Marine Park, was waiting for a good contact to come by. At a Global Sustainable Tourism Council training event in Chiang Mai this year, she caught a presentation by Sujay Malve, the c...

13 Sep 2019

Microgrids are powering remote communities—and helping Southeast Asia's eco resorts live up to their name

News / Policy & Finance

This vending machine turns plastic into gold

...Malaysia at key locations before the end of the year. After launching in Malaysia, Lee said they plan to expand to other countries like Singapore, which also has a low recycling rate, and South Africa...

29 Mar 2018

This vending machine turns plastic into gold

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Open letter from NGOs to Malaysia's political parties: Make sustainable development a priority

...Malaysia (EPSM)Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) SpiralMalaysian Nature Society Kuching BranchPower Shift MalaysiaReef Check MalaysiaSabah Women's Action Resource Group (SAWO)Sabah Environmental ...

25 Jan 2018

Open letter from NGOs to Malaysia's political parties: Make sustainable development a priority

A woman with her baby at a bus stop in Delhi. Women in developing countries are being hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Image: rajput/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

News / Carbon & Climate

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

...Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Social distancing measures have made it hard for victims to get shelter at women’s refuges. Health and financial worries combined with a desire among perpetrators to...

22 Apr 2020

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

News / Carbon & Climate

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

...Malaysia, where the average annual level of PM2.5—particles 2.5 microns wide that penetrate deep into the lungs—is significantly higher in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. “We only tend to talk about air po...

1 Dec 2018

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

Press Releases / Blue Planet Environmental Solutions

Blue Planet moves closer to ‘zero waste to landfill’ vision with new green building solution

...Malaysia and Smart Creative’s e-waste processing technology in the UK, Blue Planet is achieving its vision of closing the loop on waste. This latest acquisition is an opportunity for Blue Plane...

29 Aug 2019

Blue Planet moves closer to ‘zero waste to landfill’ vision with new green building solution

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...Malaysia announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic by 2030 and published a roadmap towards achieving the goal. Indonesia, the world’s second largest marine plastic polluter after China, has ...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia bans products labeled ‘palm oil-free'

...Malaysia, the second top producer, have since adopted retaliatory trade measures against the European Union, with Indonesia even threatening to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in protest. A po...

28 Aug 2019

Indonesia bans products labeled ‘palm oil-free'

News / Policy & Finance

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

...Malaysia had a three-year strategy to promote social ventures that ended last year, while the Philippines had drafted a bill to reduce poverty through social entrepreneurship. But regulation is not al...

7 Mar 2019

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban

...Malaysia will be harmed by this ban,” Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad, chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA), said. According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, the EU is Malaysia’s big...

25 Jan 2018

Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

Widely blamed for deforestation and human rights abuses in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil companies have been investing heavily in technology to boost their sustainability credentials—but are these ...

13 Feb 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

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