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By Chea Sameang • Sep 05, 2022
As waste collection and management issues persist in Cambodia’s major cities, a resident steps up to take out the trash
By Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin/AFP • Jan 31, 2022
The bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 27, 2022
Thailand's navy and pollution experts to clear up an oil spill after an undersea pipeline leaked up to 50 tonnes of crude into the Gulf of Thailand
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 16, 2021
Indonesian court ordered President Joko Widodo to clean up Jakarta's notorious air pollution, calling negligence over protecting citizens
Thailand, like much of Southeast Asia, is inundated with plastic waste. While efforts are made to reduce new trash entering circulation, a Pattani-based startup is banking on the growth of what many consider to be the future of this great cleanup – the circular economy
By Ryan Anders • Apr 20, 2021
Surrounded by the world's worst plastic polluters, the shores of ultra-clean Singapore have become a magnet for waste. With their team of beachcombers, Seven Clean Seas are tackling the issue, while also looking for region-wide solutions to the issue of polluted oceans
By Toh Ee Ming • Dec 22, 2020
As Thailand pushes towards a bioeconomy green vision, it's making a concerted effort to reduce crop burning and improve air quality. But cut off from much of the profits generated from their crops, the kingdom's sugarcane farmers continue to burn just to survive
By Wanpen Pajai • Dec 07, 2020
Scientists are turning to satellite technology to trace Indonesia's mountain of waste and figure out how the world's second-biggest marine waste contributor – second only to China – can tackle the mess
By Lucie Godeau/AFP • Dec 04, 2020
Refuse collectors in Phnom Penh ended a five-day strike on October 7, with mounds of trash set to be cleared from the capital's streets, but the future of refuse collection in capital remains up in the air
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Oct 07, 2020
As Hanoi’s biggest landfill Nam Son nears capacity, causing widespread pollution, disease and land disputes in nearby communities, tensions between locals and officials are ramping up as demands for compensation are ignored
By Ashley Lampard • Oct 07, 2020
Singapore Airlines has dropped its proposed 'flights to nowhere' after outrage from environmentalists, pushing back against the trend offering travel-starved passengers flights that leave and arrive in the same location
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 29, 2020
An elderly Malaysian's quest to rid the country's beaches of washed-up glass led to him amassing a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colourful seaside museum
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Sep 16, 2020