NO compounds have been issued to joint management bodies and management committees of high-rise residential buildings since the enforcement period for the waste segregation at source policy started on Sept 1. Penang Island City Council (MBPP) Urban Services director Mubarak Read more…
The producer of Aqua and Swedish clothing giant Hennes & Mauritz, better known as H&M, is working together to recycle plastic bottles into fashion products. “We realize that the solution for the plastic waste problem in Indonesia must be solved Read more…
The government of Queensland on Tuesday stepped up its war on waste with the passage of a bill in parliament that will ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags and give refunds to people for recycling their empty beverage containers. Read more…
MELAKA: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ) and Sirim Berhad are working together to introduce a green technology called Anaerobic Digestion System (ADS). Melaka housing, local government and environment committee chairman Datuk Ismail Othman said ADS could help lessen greenhouse gas Read more…
Four of Indonesia’s rivers rank among the 20 most polluted in the world in terms of mismanaged plastic waste measured in metric tons. This makes Indonesia the second-largest contributor to marine plastic pollution after China. A recent research article, published in the journal Read more…
Calls for the recycling industry in Hong Kong to upgrade after Beijing set to ban 24 types of imported waste by the end of the year. In a dusty scrapyard encircled by mountains of scrap plastic, 11-year-old Yi-Jie dips her Read more…
It started when An Dang, a 26-year-old living in Hanoi, watched a plastic straw being pulled out from the bleeding nose of a sea turtle in Costa Rica. The Youtube video was an instant hit and the whole experience gave Read more…
BUSINESS owners in Kuala Lumpur are still using petroleum-based plastic bags and polypropylene containers despite the ban coming into effect on Jan 1. The Federal Territories Ministry made it compulsory for all business owners in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan Read more…
Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health. Scores of tap water samples from more than a dozen nations were analysed by Read more…
SINGAPORE: Singapore is famous for her delicious cuisine yet faces a serious food waste problem. The amount of food waste generated has increased by 40 per cent in the past decade. In 2016 alone, the National Environment Agency reported a Read more…