Category: Environment EN

Traffic jams, crowds and pollution are synonymous with most cities today – not to mention higher temperatures. Cities often suffer from “urban heat island effect”. This happens when buildings, concrete and other infrastructure trap heat. The consequences: increased energy costs (eg: for air-conditioning), higher levels of air pollution, a surge in heat-related illnesses, and even...

Human beings do not own the earth, we are merely its caretakers. We have a duty to protect it for the future generations, so we must leave it better than we found it. What we do to our planet will affect children today, and children of the future, far more than ourselves. Keep our earth clean, green and sustainable. And teach our children the importance of doing so. What we teach the young today...

“The recycling logo still gives anything it touches — whether feasible to recycle or not — a green aura. Surveys show that a majority of Americans believe recycling is one of the most effective ways they can fight climate change, when experts say it's unlikely to make much of a difference in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That's a credit to the iconic triangle, which has had 50 years to...

INC4 News Chemical companies, oil-and-gas incumbents and startups around the world are touting plans for new recycling facilities, promising to turn old bottles and bags into usable material. But policymakers are questioning whether some of these methods, broadly termed chemical or advanced recycling, should be considered recycling at all. In June, during last-minute negotiations on a New York...

 Plastics are a combination of carbon and chemicals — most of the which are petrochemicals, substances made from fossil fuels such as oil and gas. Different chemicals added to plastics provide a wide variety of properties to create the many kinds of plastic materials sold today More than 13,000 chemicals are used in plastics of which more than 3,000 have been identified as toxic (often called...

The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) is calling on policymakers to address "loopholes" for plastic waste shipments under the Basel Convention. Speaking for the environmental group this week at a side event of the 14th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-14), technical and policy advisor Lee Bell noted that significant volumes of plastic waste...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) successfully held its second Energy Saving and Efficiency Workshop for teachers on 22 June 2024, at SMK Convent Butterworth. We had 60 dedicated teachers from 18 schools from all 3 districts in Seberang Perai joining us. The goal was to equip these teachers with valuable knowledge and practical skills to save energy and teach their students about climate...

 A few decades ago, consumers in developing countries purchased only what they needed and could afford, often using containers. Today, corporations hijacked this practice to introduce sachets – small, single-use, multi-layered packets used to sell small portions of basic goods. Source: Break Free From Plastic Full story here:            

A picture speaks a thousand words. A composite picture speaks louder – like this one which conveys the bitter litter truth: humans are the worst polluters and wasteful creatures on earth.