Category: Environment EN

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) went to SJKT Subramaniya Barathee on 22 November 2023 to give a talk on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency. About 100 primary school students participated in the talk. Saraswathi Devi Odian, an education officer from CAP, was the speaker for this Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency session. The students showed a keen interest in the topic and...

‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality...

Efforts to Move Forward Stalled by Fossil Fuel Producers “Despite agreement amongst nearly all states of the urgency to protect human health from toxic chemicals in plastics, major fossil fuel producers stalled efforts to move forward in an efficient manner, claiming that plastics production has nothing to do with plastic pollution.”    

SMK Datuk Haji Mohamed Nur Ahmed organized a Beach Clean Up program at Golden Sand Beach Hotel and invited Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) to conduct an insightful session on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency. There were 80 students participating in this program. Saraswathi Devi Odian, an education officer who was the speaker for this Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency...

The Concept Does Not Reduce Plastic Pollution Plastic credits often amount to corporate greenwashing. They are a flawed tool that won’t help with worldwide pollution from the material, say 2 civil society organisations, Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). Plastic credits, sometimes called offsets, work a bit like the carbon credits that...

Global South Voice Their Demands, CAP calls for End to Waste Colonialism As the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution begins this week to negotiate a global plastics treaty, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) hosted a media briefing to voice the demands of the Global South. Featuring representatives from a coalition of civil...

Day 2: Summary of Events   On the second day of #INC3 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty, while contact groups continue until the evening, here are #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs  and lows from the plenary and events today. #PlasticsTreaty #INC3 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticsINC Source: Break Free From Plastic

Plastics Treaty March Consumers Association Penang - CAP at the #PlasticsTreatyMarch leading up to the #INC3 of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty in Nairobi.   #breakfreefromplastic        

Plastic harms our communities from the moment fossil fuels are taken from the earth to when the waste is thrown away. Plastic is poisoning our food, our air, our water, our blood, and the bodies of our children. This is not acceptable. Wealthy countries dump plastic waste on our shores, leaving our governments, waste pickers, and communities to deal with the costs of other people’s mess. This...