Opinion / #packaging
Sisa Kumbahan
Malaysia battles to avoid waste chokehold
There is still ambiguity in how penalties for bad waste management are enforced. The lack of data on the waste being imported into Malaysia makes it difficult for authorities to assess the risks associated with transboundary waste imports.
Makanan & Pertanian
Decarbonising our food
Averting catastrophic climate scenarios requires that we phase out fossil fuels and transform food systems at the same time. A growing body of scientific research shows that the two challenges are not just equally urgent, but also mutually dependent.
In Indonesia and in other Southeast Asian nations, multilayer sachets are at the core of the plastic crisis. If companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gambles are serious about being part of the solution to the plastics crisis that they has helped create, they must commit to banning sachets – a desired outcome of the The Global Plastics Treaty.
Sisa Kumbahan
Inside Asia’s plastic waste crisis: finding sustainable solutions in a fragmented market
Regulation, alongside consumer pressure, has developed a strong appetite to progress delivery of more sustainable solutions into the market, thus generating higher demand for recycled materials.
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Sisa Kumbahan
Why we should not reuse plastic water bottles
6 February 2023
Sisa Kumbahan
The plastics and fish dilemma: to eat or not to eat
16 June 2022
Sisa Kumbahan
A bad wrap? Using packaging well to reduce food waste
3 February 2021
19 January 2021
Polisi & Kewangan
What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges
11 January 2021
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Sisa Kumbahan
Mono-material packaging: A recycler’s wish
18 December 2020
Pengangkutan
A plastic army
26 November 2020
Sisa Kumbahan
Closing China’s waste management loop
12 August 2020
Sisa Kumbahan
How to build a circular economy
8 May 2020
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Makanan & Pertanian
Ensuring food security in the era of Covid-19
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