NGO retracts ‘waste colonialism’ report blaming Asian countries for plastic pollution

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An environmental watchdog has retracted an influential report that blamed five Asian countries for the majority of plastic pollution in the ocean. The...

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Plastic accounts for three-fourths of waste choking Jakarta’s rivers

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The Citarum River that skirts the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is infamous as the most polluted river on Earth. The rivers inside Jakarta aren’t in mu...

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How can we design happy and healthy buildings fit for future generations?

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This article is sponsored by VELUX The U.S. construction industry has a key role to play in ensuring global warming does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsiu...

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Frameworks must embrace carbon credits to spur transition to net zero

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If done right, frameworks will raise the standards of reporting and data disclosure about carbon offsets. Carbon credit ratings have a complementary r...

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This company wants your post-industrial textile waste

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verywhere Apparel wants to recycle your clothes. “The way we like to talk about our company is that we’re a full-stack materials company,&...

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This California law changes things for plastics in the state

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All businesses selling into California will need to integrate new sustainability requirements into their use of plastics and plastic packaging. Signed...

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Mombasa firm seeks to recycle Kenya’s e-waste

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The increasing use of technology has seen thousands of information technology (IT) devices finding their way into Kenya, and with poor disposal, they ...

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This California law changes things for plastics in the state

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All businesses selling into California will need to integrate new sustainability requirements into their use of plastics and plastic packaging. Signed...

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This company wants your post-industrial textile waste

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Everywhere Apparel wants to recycle your clothes. “The way we like to talk about our company is that we’re a full-stack materials company,...

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Circular solutions struggle to make an impact in disposables-reliant Singapore

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Container lending service Barepack Singapore’s journey will soon be coming to a close. The start-up announced in June that it will be shutting down op...

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