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Cafe in Seoul South Korea reusable cups

Sponsored Details on the legally-binding policy, set for a June launch this year, are scant. Insiders familiar with its workings are worried that a less-than-ideal cup recovery rate will hamper a larger movement towards a circular economy.

landfill in thailand

Surging imports of plastic waste have put a strain on the livelihoods of Thailand’s informal trash collectors.

Banana leaf packaging

Solutions to mounting plastic waste in the archipelago require careful consideration of the local context, or they may not work.

hospital plastic indonesia

A new study has found that 26,000 metric tons of pandemic-related plastic waste has been released into the world’s oceans since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020.

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OCG saving the oceans

The plastic credit market needs to engender trust and credibility. Only then can it rise to its potential as an impactful tool to address plastic leakage. By Tze Ni Yeoh

eCommerce in Asia

Lazada’s corporate sustainability expert explains why having a climate change strategy is crucial to businesses as well as the planet and our communities. By Janet Sarah Neo

rimba raya project

If governments can agree to targets laid out in a new biodiversity framework, our societies, economies and financial system may have a fighting chance at preventing the precipitous decline of the planet’s species and ecosystems. By Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

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Asian governments must now enact and properly implement policies and regulations that will help to scale up grassroots initiatives and hold plastics producers accountable for addressing the crisis. By Jed Alegado and Clemens Kunze, Kevin Li

By Bingxun Seng and Mohak Mangal

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lady in singapore carrying plastic bags

Sponsored Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?

Katherine Desbaillets, co-owner of SaladStop!

As Singapore-based salad bar chain SaladStop! marks its 10th anniversary, co-owner Katherine Desbaillets talks to Eco-Business about phasing out meat, food waste and single-use packaging, and dealing with customers who refuse to pay 10 cents for a plastic bag.

manila bay with boats

The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.

Plastic bag floats near bait ball. Image: WWF

A campaign by the WWF Singapore has revealed that the average person consumes approximately 5g of plastic every week. The NGO is calling on governments and businesses around the world to forge a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.

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How to fix plastic recycling

Recycling keeps some plastic out of waterways, but it is no silver bullet for ocean pollution. Ryan Schoenike of OceanCycle tells Eco-Business how recycled plastic certification works, and how his firm is faring in a sector rocked by Covid.

The EB Podcast talked to Rob Kaplan

2020 was a bad year plastic recycling and ocean pollution. Eco-Business asked Circulate Capital CEO Rob Kaplan how the circular economy can be rebuilt in Asia this year.

Mondelez podcast

Sponsored Recycling efforts in the Philippines are shrinking amid the pandemic, even as the plastic waste challenge mounts. Is the country on the verge of a more devastating plastic waste crisis?

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Singapore Environment Council

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WWF-Singapore (PACT)

Lendlease and WWF-Singapore

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