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Trash troubles: How India can deal with its staggering amount of plastic waste
MISMANAGEMENT OF WASTE According to the United Nations Environment Programme, India mismanages 85 per cent of its waste. Some experts…
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Trash tidal wave coats normally pristine Bali beach
“TAKE TIME” Each year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from Indonesia’s cities and bulging rivers into the…
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Commentary: Advertising toys to children is an environmental nightmare
When the opportunity arises, children and adolescents express empathy and distress at the situation, and may even be predisposed to…
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Hong Kong sticks a fork in disposable plastic products
HONG KONG: Need a plastic fork at a Hong Kong restaurant? Come Earth Day on Apr 22, customers will have to…
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Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief
UNITED NATIONS: With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the United Nations environment…
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Commentary: Barbie movie could spark doll sales and all that plastic is not fantastic
American researchers last year quantified what each doll costs the climate. Every 182g doll caused about 660g of carbon emissions,…
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‘Based on honour system’: Barcodes at FairPrice self checkouts for customers to scan for plastic bag payment
SINGAPORE: NTUC FairPrice is counting on an “honour system” at its self checkout counters when the mandatory disposable carrier bag charge…
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From their school lab in Sabah, students try to turn seaweed into bioplastic to fight marine litter
“With bioplastics, it’s a bit more different because it’s not really a single source raw material. You have guys who…
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