For the first time in over two years, Afroz Shah and his team of volunteers did not set foot on the 2.5 km stretch of beach at Versova in Mumbai on the last weekend of November for their routine collection of refuse that gets washed ashore. “Volunteers abused by goons Read more…
IRRESPONSIBLE restaurateurs are dumping used cooking oil and garbage down the drain, creating an unsightly situation in the backlanes of Jalan Setia Indah X U13/X Setia Alam in Shah Alam. Emitting a foul stench, the drains are clogged with a thick layer of solidified oil that prevents water from flowing Read more…
Research by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) showed that around 50% of Thais surveyed were willing to pay a fee for using plastic bags in department and convenience stores. In their survey of 2,000 people nationwide, 88% of people said they were aware that plastic consumption affects global Read more…
p style=”margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background: white;”>SINGAPORE — When refuse collector Jumahat Yusuf, 51, turned up for a job interview with public waste collector Veolia Singapore, his supervisor only asked two questions. “‘Can you take the dirt? Can you tahan (tolerate) the smell?’ I said can…and Read more…
Our planet is dying – even our children are aware of this reality – yet we are doing very little to help save it. Our air is polluted and our environment, food and water sources are being destroyed. A major concern is the plastic that is in our food sources, Read more…
Fashion is becoming increasingly disposable for Australians, with almost a quarter of people admitting to throwing out clothes after just one wear, a study has found. And four out of 10 people surveyed by YouGov said they had put unwanted fashion items in the bin, rather than trying to repair Read more…
In a laboratory in Hong Kong, researchers at a textile company are looking for a special ingredient to improve the company’s production process: bacteria. The facility is owned by TAL Apparel Ltd., one of the world’s largest cloth manufacturers, with factories in mainland China and Southeast Asia, and the researchers Read more…
The story of a piece of litter doesn’t end at your curbside. Every year, millions of tons of trash find their way down storm drains and rivers to the ocean. Ocean currents take over from there, carrying man-made stuff thousands of miles away to far-flung corners of the planet—even to Read more…
Councils may refuse to recycle plastic and raise taxes due to a Chinese ban on imported recycled waste, experts have warned. Officials last night said decades of recycling progress in the UK was under threat as a result of the decision, which could see millions of tonnes of harmful plastic Read more…
Food wastage is a growing problem here, and SWCorp Malaysia revealed in their report that Malaysians waste 15,000 tonnes of food per day – in which 8,000 tonnes is avoidable food waste, with 3,000 tonnes of food going to landfills being edible – and enough to feed around two million Read more…