India school demands plastic waste as fees
One school in northeast India has taken a novel approach to addressing the scourge of plastic waste by making its collection a condition of free attendance.
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Youth urged to curb plastic use
Environment Ministry officials and experts urge youths to reduce plastic consumption to save the environment.
Emissions and microplastics: How food waste hurts the environment
Throwing away food that could still be eaten isn’t just a waste of money, it also costs precious resources, hurts the climate, threatens biodiversity and can contaminate our soil with microplastics.
China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China’s ban on accepting the world’s used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.
More plastic bags than fish?
Marine plastic pollution is the new environmental threat facing mankind. This is also afflicting East Asia where six countries are major pollutants. While some in the region have started tackling this new menace, more can be done by all, writes Lina Gong.
PLASTIC BUSTERS
They’re the Plastic Busters, Siem Reap-based entrepreneurial activists whose business is to set up businesses that will give the world a respite from plastic. The leader of the pack is Sarah Rhodes, and her organisation Plastic Free Cambodia, which she founded in 2015.
EU decides to ban single-use plastic items by 2021
Single-use plastic items will be banned in the European Union by 2021.
Saying NO to plastic bottles
RefillNotLandfill aims to cut down on the millions of plastic water bottles discarded throughout Southeast Asia each year by offering an alternative: reusable stainless steel and aluminium bottles.
Environmental psychology: How do you feel about that coffee to go?
DW’s Hannah Fuchs likes to think she’s pretty responsible about her environmental impact. But the guilt induced by a take-out coffee got her asking why even the most eco-conscious of us slip up.
Sri Lanka declares UNESCO site Sigiriya as polythene free
Sigiriya, located in central Sri Lanka has been declared a polythene free zone.
Battle to reduce plastic waste in Thailand
A group of the world’s big energy, petrochemical and plastic manufacturing companies has just announced a massively funded programme to cut pollution by plastic waste, with a focus on Southeast Asia.
Consumer goods CEOs in Davos hot seat over waste
Consumer products companies are emerging as new targets for global activism.
Transforming scrap plastic for profit
As the rubbish built up on the rubble of Mogadishu’s wrecked streets, Ahmed Abdullahi saw a business opportunity.
Brunei to hold consumer exhibition
Brunei’s largest consumer fair is expected to draw crowds of up to 120,000 people as it kicks off on Wednesday.
Plastic pollution: Do beach clean-ups really make a difference?
Picking up trash from river beds and beaches has become a popular activity around the world. But do clean-ups really help tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution? DW’s Brigitte Osterath reports from Honduras.
Turkey bans free plastic bags as of 2019
The ban on free plastic bags in Turkey has been put into effect since Jan. 1, 2019.
Jamaica draws up strategies to enforce plastic ban
Jamaica is searching for strategies to fortify the nation’s ban on single-use plastics.
Join NagaWorld to say ‘No Plastic Straws Please’
NagaWorld to remove single-use plastic straws from its operations from next January.
A second look at Cambodia’s plastic habits
The exponential rise in the use of plastic bags in the country has triggered a Phnom Penh-based Portuguese photographer Miguel Jeronimo to create a discourse through an art exhibition dubbed ‘Plastic Kingdom’.
Thailand launches ‘no plastic bag’ campaign
Thailand’s Environment Ministry calls to refrain from using single-use plastic bags.
The fight against plastic pollution pandemic
Plastic is consumed everyday because it is light, easy, durable, and cheap. However, plastic is an unbreakable trash which takes thousands of years to degrade. In Cambodia alone, the problem on plastic usage and plastic trash has become unmanageable.
A waste mountain to climb: Can Africa make plastic recycling pay?
Prince Djabea, 15, stamps on a plastic bottle as if squashing a cockroach, then using the heel of his other foot, flicks the bottle cap through the air with a pop.
Over 100 factories launched so far this year
More than 100 factories have started operations in the Kingdom in the last eight months, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft.
Norway’s $1 trillion fund to beef up scrutiny on sustainability and ocean pollution
Norway to combat plastic pollution.
Thai firms seek investments in local plastic sector
Nine Thai plastic converters convenes in Phnom Penh to explore business opportunities in the Kingdom and find local partners.
On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste
For the millions of sun seekers who head to Thailand’s resort island of Phuket each year in search of stunning beaches and clear waters, cutting down on waste may not be a top priority.
Dead Irrawaddy dolphin found on beach
An Irrawaddy dolphin is found dead on Koh Rong Sanloem beach.
Thai plastic manufacturers to join business matching event
A group of Thai plastic manufacturers will attend a business matching event in Phnom Penh later this month that will serve as a platform from which to explore opportunities in the Kingdom and partner up with local firms, the organisers said.
Ministry lauds businesses for cutting down plastic bag usage
The Ministry of Environment praises supermarkets for reducing plastic bag usage.
Starbucks to phase out plastic straws by 2020
Starbucks announces it is to eliminate all plastic straws from its 28,000 stores by 2020.
