In the move towards green growth and a resource efficient economy, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is increasingly being recognised as an effective waste management policy. As municipal recycling costs have burgeoned, EPR as a concept introduced the idea of producers taking responsibility for the collection, recovery and disposal of their Read more…
In coming years, seaweed may revolutionise the packaging industry as we know it. Researchers and scientists in Norway and Indonesia have taken big strides with regards to developing seaweed-based packaging, eschewing the need for plastic. Nory Mulyono, head of the Food Technology Department at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Read more…
PETALING JAYA: As the whole world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of face masks has become a daily necessity but experts are increasingly concerned that the indiscriminate disposal of surgical face masks is harming wildlife. Macaques in Kuala Lumpur, according to newswire AFP, had been spotted chewing on the Read more…