In 2016, France became the first country to ban plastic plates and cutlery to fight climate change. Earlier this month, Sri Lanka banned all plastic bags and disposable products after a garbage crisis that generated 300 deaths. Myanmar is, unfortunately, Read more…
‘It’s fun. I’ve learned a lot from this,” shared Janine Rose Ruado, 21, of Aroma, Tondo, Manila, about the coastal cleanup organized by Greenpeace Philippines on Freedom Island in Parañaque City. Back home, she said, garbage is a common sight Read more…
Landfilling is a very popular method of household waste disposal mainly because it is “cheap”, compared to an incinerator plant, in which the government would have to pay a significantly higher “service fee” for treating the waste. In comparison to Read more…
SINGAPORE – A different breed of vending machine is set to make a resurgence here – rather than dispensing drinks, it is hungry for empty drink cans and plastic bottles. This “reverse vending machine” swallows such offerings and, in return, Read more…
Using two kayaks made from re-purposed plastic bottles, two brothers paddledwhat has been called the most polluted river in the world. Gary and Sam Bencheghib made the nearly 200-mile journey down the Citarum River in Indonesia to raise awareness and document the Read more…
MANILA, Philippines – Global food and beverage giant Nestle vowed on Tuesday, September 26, to address allegations by Greenpeace that it was polluting the world’s oceans with cheap plastic packaging for its Philippine products. In a report released in Manila Read more…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world’s largest biomass producers, Mrs. Zurina Amnan, said Bionas would implement five blocks of 10,000 hectares in cultivating jathropa in five locations to produce biomass and biofuel. She said they planned to invest Read more…
SINGAPORE – Grand Hyatt, a hotel near Orchard Road, has saved $100,000 a year, just by managing its waste. Instead of throwing food waste into the bin, the hotel staff transfer them into a machine known as the Biomax Thermophilic Read more…
EACH year over 12 hectares of land is needed to dump the 7,000 tonnes of waste generated in Selangor every day. The authorities are finding it hard to find replacement landfills, and are fast looking for alternatives for waste management. Read more…
THE Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) is urged to strictly segregate the solid wastes being collected from every village for the efficient operation of the sanitary landfill in New Carmen Village, Tugbok District, while waiting for the Read more…