“We used to eat the meat of the pig, but now all we have to eat is the skin” – the Vietnamese saying neatly encapsulates the predicament facing the country’s fishermen, says Nguyen Viet Thieu. “Before the marine disaster happened, Read more…
Next to China, Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ocean plastic polluter. Will an initiative to build “plastic roads” help reduce the country’s plastic waste? Environmentalists cast some doubts. Indonesia has a serious plastic waste problem. According to the country’s Read more…
BEIJING: Chinese health authorities are trying to figure out the reason for the rapid rise in a form of lung cancer that develops deep in the lung and is not associated with smoking. China has seen a sharp increase in Read more…
MELAKA: The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry announced an allocation of RM61.5mil to build four new landfill cells to complement the Sungai Udang landfill. Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said the four cells were being built as the Sungai Read more…
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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…