SINGAPORE – From next month (Aug 1), the National Environment Agency (NEA) will begin licensing general waste-disposal facilities. This comes as the number of such facilities has steadily increased over the years, due to a rise in the volume of waste. There are now more than 300 general waste-disposal facilities Read more…
IT WAS the horrific sight of red welts and open sores that moved Amore-Pacific Malaysia Laneige brand general manager Foong Winnie and Global Peace Foundation chief executive officer Dr Teh Su Thye to do something for the children of Kampung Binjai, an orang asli village in Pahang. In sharing the Read more…
The World Plastics Council (WPC) applauded the Marine Litter Action Plan released by the G20 and commended states for “their commitment to substantially reduce marine litter and its impacts by 2025.” “This urgent issue requires all of us working together and we look forward to further collaboration with G20 member Read more…
Recycling the durable materials used for foodservice packaging into new fiber sources represents an untapped potential market, say manufacturers in the space. The bulk of these products are wasted because municipalities don’t realize they are recyclable, says Lynn Dyer, president of the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). Yet most material recovery Read more…
AN AFP report last month quoted researchers saying that human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. This shows that even in a so-called developed country, people are unaware of the proper ways of disposing their leftover medicines. More Read more…
India’s holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge on its journey through burgeoning cities, industrial hubs and past millions of devotees. Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, “Mother Read more…
A recent study says that China’s struggle to deal with its growing waste problem could end up sidelining a key part of its waste management landscape – millions of informal waste collectors and recyclers. As is the case in many developing countries, China’s informal waste collection economy is a highly Read more…