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Mae Sot luminaries share bold vision
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/05/2017
» The private sector in the Mae Sot special economic zone (SEZ) is calling for more support from the government to help transform the area into a metropolis similar to Hong Kong, arguing that neighbouring Myawaddy has the potential to be the next Macau.
Hong Kong urges public to back waste charging scheme
Published on 04/11/2018
» Hong Kong Environment Minister Wong Kam-sing called for public support for a proposed mandatory waste charging scheme, saying on Sunday the city was already about 20 years behind Seoul and Taipei in starting such an arrangement.
War on waste heats up in China
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 02/09/2019
» China, the world's largest producer of waste, is developing carrot-and-stick policies supported by technological innovations to address the environmental and human costs of its trash. This is no mean feat considering its volume of municipal solid waste is expected to be twice that of the United States by 2030.
Indonesia cleans up its mounting plastic waste
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 01/04/2019
» Having earned notoriety as one of the top marine polluters in the world from plastic waste, Indonesia is taking action, although the government and the private sector may not see eye to eye on how to tackle the problem.
Singapore industrial fire triggers series of explosions
Published on 23/02/2017
» SINGAPORE - Two hundred firefighters battled a blaze at a Singapore waste management plant which triggered a series of explosions and sent a plume of black smoke into the early morning sky.
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» BEIJING: Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
Nuclear waste dump plan on Aboriginal land abandoned
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» Plans to locate Australia's first nuclear waste dump in a remote outback area were dropped Thursday after a long battle with traditional Aboriginal landowners.
Hong Kong struggles to combat waste crisis
AFP, Published on 03/05/2013
» An army of road sweepers and refuse collectors keep the streets clean in the heart of Hong Kong -- but on the outskirts, growing mountains of waste are testament to what campaigners say is an environmental crisis.
Recycling puts waste-pickers at risk
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» A crowd of people holding curved metal spikes jumped on trash spilling out of a dump truck in Senegal's biggest landfill, hacking at the garbage to find valuable plastic.
Japan begins charging for plastic bags
AFP, Published on 02/07/2020
» TOKYO - Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags on Wednesday, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers' love for packaging and finally bringing the country in line with other major economies.