Category: Environment EN

WASTE COLONIALISM Dumping of Plastic Waste in Developing Countries Affects Local People’s Health and Environment, Creates Microplastics Problem The global plastics production and trade of plastic waste has grown tremendously over the recent decades. Plastic waste is mostly traded under the banner of plastic “recycling”. A rich and developed country should have the capacity to manage its...

CAP’s Work and Action on the Plastic Waste Trade Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and Friends of the Earth Malaysia are members of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and also Break Free from Plastic. In 2017, our organisation through a GAIA project had started research on the impacts of waste trade, tracking the movement of plastic waste globally. During that time...

Based around 28 targets, the Framework outlines a roadmap for countries and stakeholders to collaboratively address the lifecycle of chemicals, including products and waste. The negotiating process was unique in that representatives from governments, the private sector, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, youth, and academia participated at the same level. Pledging EUR 20...

There is a massive island of trash in the Pacific Ocean that is estimated to be the size of the US state of Texas. While conservationists have tried to curb pollution, many nations have made trash into a profitable business, with some countries evading their own environmental laws to export their waste to developing nations. The Modus Operandi’s Manila Chan speaks to Consumers Association of...

Joint Statement by Sahabat Alam Malaysia and Greenpeace Malaysia regarding the International Nuclear Science, Technology and Engineering Conference (iNuSTEC2023) & Nuclear Youth Competition 2023 (NYC2023). Recently, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Greenpeace Malaysia were invited to speak at a dialogue session at the International Nuclear Science, Technology and Engineering Conference...

  Once upon a time, Coca-Cola’s bottling operations were an environmentalist's dream: stylish refillable glass bottles that were washed and reused dozens of times, leaving no pollution. But Coke has turned that dream into a toxic nightmare by dismantling its own infrastructure, doubling down on single-use plastics ever since. Today Coca-Cola is the world’s biggest plastic producer and...

“It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees.” (Wilson Flagg) "Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause." (Walter Gropius) Cutting down a tree is like breaking a promise to future generations. A world without trees is a world...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40% of the world's ocean surfaces. By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean. Studies estimate there are now 15 to 51 trillion pieces of plastic in the world's oceans – from the equator to the poles, from...

We are only temporary guests here and should leave the world better than we found it. Source: Green is a Mission  

"What I felt was fear," says Claudia Duarte Agostinho as she remembers the extreme heatwave and fires that ripped through Portugal in 2017 and killed more than 100 people. "The wildfires made me really anxious about what sort of future I would have." Claudia, 24, her brother Martim, 20, and her sister Mariana, 11, are among six young Portuguese people who have filed a lawsuit against 32...