Waste management in Tokelau has been identified as an urgent priority with increasing amounts of rubbish being disposed on the atolls. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed this month between Tokelau’s Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment and the Pacific Read more…
THE first recycling cabin in Shah Alam set up in Setia Alam less than a month ago is being misused. The cabin, placed in the Setia Alam Central Park carpark, off Jalan Setia Indah U13/10 was meant for recyclables such Read more…
CORPORATE social responsibility (CSR) can be seen in many forms and for 3R Quest Sdn Bhd director Jerome Heah, it is about being able to lead the way for people to appreciate the environment better. Heah firmly believes that CSR Read more…
Instead of discarding your faulty gadgets, fix them yourself by attending the free KakiRepair workshops. As electronics become more complex, the answer to what to do with a busted piece of hardware is increasingly becoming “just toss it”.DIY advocate Johnson Lam Read more…
PLASTIC bags have been getting a bad reputation lately. Last year, four states in Malaysia – Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Melaka – came up with a ruling to replace petroleum-based plastic bags with biodegradable alternatives. Despite many hiccups in Read more…
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — With a goal to reduce marine debris and advance a circular economy, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company , has announced a joint effort with Read more…
India’s iconic white marvel, the Taj Mahal, meaning “Crown of the Palace,” which is an ivory-white marble mausoleum built 369 years ago by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, has decayed in “all yellow” Read more…
Bea Johnson is hailed in the United States as the guru of the zero waste movement. Johnson is a native of France and currently lives in Mill Valley, California. She first adopted the zero waste lifestyle in 2008. “Since then, Read more…
Doha: Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) launched a project to establish collaboration on the exchange of information and consultancy on the recent techniques to capture the organic gas released from waste Read more…
The Hong Kong government likes to tell people how to go about their public and private lives. From teaching citizens how to wash their hands to ordering healthy dishes on the menu, from befriending neighbours in the same building to Read more…