Eco-Business subscribers can now stream the acclaimed impact documentary WASTED (2025), as the platform expands its video content offering for its community. The film can be streamed via the video section after subscribers sign in.
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The documentary explores the global waste crisis through an Asian lens – tracing the origins of throwaway culture to the frontlines of recycling and circular economy innovation – and is available exclusively to Eco-Business subscribers starting today.
The addition of WASTED reflects Eco-Business’s broader commitment to complementing its editorial journalism with multimedia storytelling that deepens audience engagement on critical environmental issues. Waste management and the transition to a circular economy remain among the most pressing sustainability challenges facing businesses and governments across Asia and beyond.
“We want to give our subscribers more than just news – we want to give them stories that move them to act,” said documentary writer and producer Jessica Cheam. “WASTED does exactly that.”
From COP28 to cinemas across Asia
The documentary was soft launched at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai in 2023, before expanding to cover more countries across Asia and the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, which was meant to be the final meeting to conclude legally binding international treaty to end plastic pollution.
The film was produced by Cheam – also founder and CEO of Eco-Business – whose visit to an Asian landfill years ago inspired the project, and Scottish documentarian Fraser Morton, who serves as director of photography.
The documentary was completed in 2025 and premiered at several key Asian cities. It features industry experts, policymakers, scientists, activists, and community leaders across diverse Asian geographies including Vietnam, India, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. Singapore-registered charity EB Impact supports the film with public education campaigns in schools, offices and homes across Asia.
Find out more about WASTED and sign up to the WASTED pledge.
