Eco-Business

The Singapore anti-waste non-profit sees executive director Huileng Tan move on after three years. Partnerships director Lionel Dorai succeeds Tan in the top job.

As landfills struggle to cope, Vietnam is turning to waste-to-energy plants as a potential solution – but could they introduce new challenges?

The Indian government's efforts to promote polymer production while also imposing ineffective plastic bans have resulted in a pollution crisis that is spiralling out of control.

Building these facilities is now the government's strategy to waste disposal, though some have called the move misguided. Speakers at the Kuala Lumpur premiere of Eco-Business's film 'Wasted' called for the focus to be on education instead.

Oleh Robin Hicks

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Informal waster workers_Ghazipur landfill_India

The focus of Delhi’s existing solid waste management policies is not on curtailing ever-increasing consumption and production but making waste invisible or incinerating it for profit. Oleh Aparna Agarwal

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. Oleh Mohd Yusoff Ishak

trash collected during the East Coast beach clean up

Increased government and corporate accountability, including the full implementation of the EPR law and more investment into upcycling innovations, are equally critical to create a more sustainable waste management ecosystem in Singapore. Oleh Trang Chu Minh

Several provinces may be investing too much in incineration, overlooking improvements in waste sorting and recycling. Oleh Sara Shapiro-Bengtsen

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Oleh Vincent Kneefel dan John Duncan

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Oleh Tarun Anumol

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Studio EB Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?

Studio EB Why is Singapore's domestic recycling rate so abysmal? Little cameras were hidden in the blue bins around the country to find out how people are recycling—or not.

Ever wondered what happens to the trash that goes into those blue recycling bins? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how Singapore's trash is prepped for recycling.

Greenpeace investigation into plastic waste in Malaysia

After China banned waste imports, Malaysia has taken up the slack with worrying consequences, a Greenpeace investigation has found. Much of Malaysia's imported trash—most of which comes from the US, UK and Japan—is not recycled, but dumped or burned.

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