Category: Environment EN

If your favourite yoghurt tub, bank card, rubbish bags or shampoo bottle is claiming to be made of recycled ocean plastics, you might think it was created from plastic recovered from the sea. But some environmental advocates believe the supply chain of products labelled as ocean or ocean-bound plastics are impossible to verify and the term may mislead consumers. Both of those terms can be used...

Earth Day on 22nd April this year coincides with the first day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri. As families gather with friends to celebrate, we must count our blessings that Mother Earth has bestowed upon us, which we often take for granted. Mother Earth’s health and well-being is vital for our continued survival and sustenance. As we witness the alarming onset of climate change impacts and warnings...

By growing a herb plant - CAP encourages World Earth Day is celebrated around the world every year on April 22.  Earth Day is meant to make us aware of how fragile our ecosystem is due to irresponsible human activities such as pollution, deforestation, food waste and more. In conjunction with World Earth Day 2023, CAP encourages the public to grow at least one herbal plant at home as their...

In fashion, “circularity” should refer to items made from reused materials that can themselves be reused, repaired and recycled again and again – in a circle. But there are a few ways the term is misused. Most commonly, “circular” is used to describe products that have components that are recycled or downcycled (converted from one material into another that is usually less useful or...

Malaysia's Plastic Jungle documentary investigates the consequences of illegal foreign plastic waste recycling on Malaysian people's health and environment. And meet the people who refuse to be the world's dumping ground.  

An effort by the Malaysian government to further prop up the green credentials of a controversial mega reclamation project in Penang has been called out by environmentalists for greenwashing. The Penang South Islands project, which involves large-scale land reclamation for the development of a series of artificial islands spanning almost 17 square kilometres, was awarded a ‘low-carbon’ city...

Research shows that contact with nature reduces harms, including those from poor air quality, heatwaves, and chronic stress, while encouraging healthy behaviors such as socializing and physical activity. This can help to prevent issues including loneliness, depression and cardiovascular disease.  

A growing population also means a growing trash problem - just looking at Malaysia's stats, we reportedly generated over 38 thousand metric tonnes of solid waste per day in 2021 (1.17 kg/capita/day). Of which, 82.5 percent is disposed of in landfills. Experts have warned that there will be no more land left in Malaysia by 2050 if nothing is done to reduce waste. Some have said the solution lies...

"Traffic is like water, if you turn up the temperature it will evaporate." Traffic calming slows vehicle speeds. Dutch engineers use a method that has been successful – they increase the "heat" on their streets using bricks, creating friction that reduces the speed and volume of motor vehicles. Here’s a before and after image of a street in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, where two...

Since the 1920s, scientists have been studying a special social characteristic of trees: their crowns politely keep their distance in the canopy. Depending on the species, they only spread their canopy so far that they don´t come into conflict with the neighbours. (Source: Green is a mission)