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…
As the Christmas festivities beckon, how will we deal with all that extra packaging? Will we end up producing a mountain of rubbish? This is the subject of Malaysia’s First Zero Waste Fest on Dec 23, Saturday in Kuala Lumpur Read more…
Winds blowing west-east in rainy season are bringing the trash from the ocean and covering popular beaches south of Bali. Going surfing this time of year it does not mean fighting waves only, but also fighting trash, mostly plastic./span> Read more…
With holidays approaching, many of us are mindful of the need to collect and recycle all the additional plastic, paper and other waste that we are about to generate. This year, however, there are questions about where that waste will Read more…