Environment Ministry prepares to ban single-use plastic products
A sub-decree is to ban the import and production of single-use plastic products.
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Unilever to halve use of new plastic
Unilever says it will cut its use of new plastic by half by 2025 as pressure grows for more to be done for the environment.
Ministry warns of rise in single-use plastic waste
Environment Ministry and EU representatives call to reduce single-use plastic waste.
Ministry holds drive to cut plastic bag use in Siem Reap province
Ministry holds a campaign in Siem Reap to call for reducing the use of plastic bags.
Indonesia plans tighter rules on plastic waste imports
Indonesia plans tighter rules to combat a surge in imports of plastic waste, such as a registry of trash exporters and tougher border checks, officials said on Friday.
Plastic Bag: A serious environmental concern
The recent G20 energy and environment ministers meeting in Osaka delivered an “implementation framework” for reducing the rapidly increasing levels of plastic waste choking the world’s seas and oceans.
NZ bans single-use plastic shopping bags
New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them.
Events
Events: Plastic Free July Cambodia – Understanding of Effects of Mental Health on Physical Health – Creative Video Concepts
Starting small leads to huge impact
It might not be surprising that people in Cambodia, especially in Phnom Penh, are in favour of consuming plastic in their daily activities – at the market, school, restaurant and others.
Southeast Asia’s plastic waste problem
Seventy-five per cent of globally exported waste ends up in Asia. But since July 2017 — when China began to ban imports of plastic waste — Southeast Asia in particular has become a dumping ground for wealthier countries’ waste.
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.
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.
