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Recycling

ESG

SembWaste rebrands to Cora Environment, commits S$200 million to waste management growth

That freaky-cute Labubu doll you just bought (made largely of polyester and polyvinyl chloride) and the bento meal you got delivered in four separate containers (polypropylene and polyethylene) are evidence that we need to work a lot harder to break our plastics habit.
Opinion & Features

Labubu is blowing up hopes of a plastics halt

Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng (far left) and Income Insurance CEO Andrew Yeo (second from left) at the flag off for the 5 km and 10 km categories.
Lifestyle

Income Eco Run raises S$70,000 for WWF-Singapore

Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam capture just 8 to 25 per cent of plastic waste for recycling in major urban areas.
ESG

High costs limit plastic recycling in South-east Asia: Bain

Waste to landfill per capita per day remains about the same as the pre-pandemic baseline in 2018.
Singapore

Singapore’s solar energy deployment on track to meet Green Plan targets, but waste to landfill reduction lags

Under the government’s plans, online marketplaces will have to register with the Environment Agency and report data on UK sales of their overseas sellers.
International

Britain to make online marketplaces pay more for electricals recycling

A passenger aircraft descends to land at Heathrow Airport, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a relaxing of COVID-19 travel testing rules for entering and leaving England amidst the continuation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in London, Britain, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC24TR9XXVEY
Transport & Logistics

Airlines not switching quickly enough to green jet fuel: study

Sacks of untreated and shredded plastic waste, which is left unattended, are piled at an inoperational recycling site in Asan, South Korea, Nov 19, 2024.
ESG

South Korea’s mountain of plastic waste shows limits of recycling

More than 90 per cent of plastic is not recycled, with over 20 million tonnes leaking into the environment, often after just a few minutes of use.
ESG

‘Moment of truth’ for world-first plastic pollution treaty

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk past a Zara clothes store, part of the Spanish group Inditex, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo
Opinion & Features

What is the circular economy and where does it lead?

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