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…
NEW DELHI: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year given a call to save cows from plastic, his message brought into focus the hazards of this non-biodegradable product not only for animals but also for the overall environment. Protection of cows or other animals from plastic can well be Read more…
THE task to keep the amenities and hiking trails of Penang Hill clean is proving to be a challenge due to littering and vandalism. The hill authority, which already has a daunting job clearing fallen trees and branches, also has to clean up after hikers who litter the trails and Read more…
When John Sauven, executive director at Greenpeace UK, heard a woman complain on the radio that supermarket croissants were cheaper to buy wrapped in plastic than paper, he was so startled he went straight to his local Co-op “It was true,” Sauven said at a recent Guardian roundtable discussion on the future Read more…
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City is creating favourable conditions for investors to reuse and recycle garbage to produce electricity, according to Nguyễn Thành Phong, Chairman of the city People’s Committee. The official made his announcement last week while visiting a plant that recycles garbage to produce electricity Read more…
WE, Filipinos, never really learn that the garbage we throw carelessly into the streets eventually retard the flow of rainwater along creeks and rivers, through pumping stations, and into the Manila Bay or Laguna de Bay. The consequence is flooding, particularly in Metro Manila, that results in damage to property Read more…