recycling



STORY OF THE DAY • May 13, 2022 • 3 min read

Landmines Fighting fire with fire

By Anton L. Delgado • May 13, 2022
A unique recycling programme in Cambodia repurposes remnants of war to clear the country of landmines and unexploded ordnance

STORY OF THE DAY • May 12, 2022 • 11 min read

Landmines Recycling the remnants of war

By Anton L. Delgado • May 12, 2022
A unique ‘explosive harvesting’ programme makes Cambodia safer by removing and repurposing unexploded bombs and landmines

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 20, 2021 • 9 min read

Recycling Can a circular economy ease Thailand’s trash woes? This startup thinks so

By Ryan Anders • Apr 20, 2021
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

Oct 16, 2020 • 8 min read
Recycling

Vietnam’s long and winding road to plastic waste reduction

A booming economy has given rise to fast-tracked consumption in Vietnam, and with it mounting waste. The country's leaders have introduced legislation to curb its plastic habit, but some observers warn it still has the potential to become the world's garbage dump
By Ashley Lampard • Oct 16, 2020

Jun 23, 2020 • 6 min read
Recycling

Singapore’s green thinkers discuss the pandemic, sustainability and recycling

As Singapore eases its circuit breaker measures and life returns to some semblance of normality, green thinkers explain how the Covid-19 pandemic has, and will continue to, impact attitudes towards sustainability and recycling in the City-State – for both good and bad
By Amanda Oon • Jun 23, 2020

Jun 04, 2020 • 5 min read
Plastic pollution

A blight on its environment, Indonesia strides towards zero plastic goal

Indonesia is among the world's most heavily plastic polluted nations. To tackle this, the National Plastic Action Partnership is the country's most radical plan to date, but can it be effectively implemented and at what human cost?
By Akshay Honmane • Jun 04, 2020

Aug 22, 2019 • 13 min read
Waste pickers

A brief history of Cambodia’s plastic crisis

Cambodia’s plastic waste is kept in balance thanks to an army of waste pickers, who represent the only functioning infrastructure. We look back at how plastic conquered the Kingdom
By Kathrin Eitel • Aug 22, 2019

Jun 28, 2019 • 15 min read
Plastic waste

The waste land

Southeast Asia is racing to follow China's ban on plastic waste imports. And with Cambodia now forced to clean up its own mess, the Kingdom has a chance to turn piles of plastic trash into treasure
By Evie Breese and Thim Rachna • Jun 28, 2019

Jun 24, 2019 • 13 min read
Garment waste

Out of fashion

Enough clothes have already been made to outfit everyone on the planet. But with rampant overproduction leaving more and more fabric waste in landfill, it's time to find a solution
By Amanda Kaufmann • Jun 24, 2019

Jun 14, 2019 • 9 min read
Mass extinction

How to save the world

A new ethos and a new self-identity for mankind are needed to overcome mass extinction
By Philip Bethge • Jun 14, 2019