MIRI: All it took was just one morning session of beach cleaning along 2km of beachfront and riverbank near Lutong bazaar in Miri district and 460kg of waste was collected. The clean-up operation jointly carried out by the Miri City Council, Miri Community College and Miri Fire and Rescue Department yesterday Read more…
“We used to eat the meat of the pig, but now all we have to eat is the skin” – the Vietnamese saying neatly encapsulates the predicament facing the country’s fishermen, says Nguyen Viet Thieu. “Before the marine disaster happened, I could earn up to 15m Vietnamese dongs [£500],” reflects Read more…
Next to China, Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ocean plastic polluter. Will an initiative to build “plastic roads” help reduce the country’s plastic waste? Environmentalists cast some doubts. Indonesia has a serious plastic waste problem. According to the country’s environment ministry, Indonesians consume a million plastic bags per minute, Read more…
BEIJING: Chinese health authorities are trying to figure out the reason for the rapid rise in a form of lung cancer that develops deep in the lung and is not associated with smoking. China has seen a sharp increase in the disease over the past 10 to 15 years, hitting Read more…
MELAKA: The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry announced an allocation of RM61.5mil to build four new landfill cells to complement the Sungai Udang landfill. Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said the four cells were being built as the Sungai Udang landfill had reached its maximum capacity. Three cells would Read more…
SUNGAI Gombak is choked with rubbish and the water quality in the surrounding area is under threat. Selangor Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) has already removed 35 tonnes of rubbish from the river so far this year. It removed more than 35 tonnes of rubbish from the same river over Read more…
Greeners Action says property managers should consider alternatives including automatic umbrella dryers, racks, floor mats and recycling bins to prevent dripping. Hongkongers may end up using as many as 14 million disposable plastic umbrella covers during the wet season from June to September, prompting a green group to call for Read more…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians love their food but unfortunately, many have no qualms about wasting it. Food waste makes up half of the 33,000 tonnes of solid waste generated every day, according to the national solid waste management department (JPSPN). A look at discarded food would show 10-15% is untouched and Read more…
LONDON: Commonly used antibiotics may be harming the good microbes that are essential to a healthy environment, a study warns. When people take antibiotics, their bodies break down and metabolise only a portion of the drugs. The rest is excreted and enters wastewater. As wastewater treatment plants are not designed to fully remove antibiotic Read more…
Cynics might find it ironic that the prestigious World Recycling Convention would be held in a city with such a poor record on the matter. Yet more than 900 recycling industry professionals from around the world – from traders, processors and brokers, to technology suppliers and consultants – gathered at Read more…