Category: Environment EN

> MORE THAN 90% OF PLASTICS produced NOT RECYCLABLE. > 3 BIL TREES CUT down TO MAKE PAPER PACKAGING each year. Single-use products, from packaging to food containers, to disposable cups and cutlery, are a key contributor to the 2 billion tonnes of waste that humans produce every year. That number is projected to increase 70% by 2050. Before the 1950s and 60s, the majority of the products...

Zero waste is NOT impossible. Proof? Here’s a list of cities and communities in Southeast Asia that have either achieved a fully functional zero waste system or are making great strides in their pursuit of one. Check it out!

... OUR PLANET IS FRAGILE, and experiencing a dual crisis of runaway climate change and unprecedented biodiversity loss. Global temperature rise may already have passed a point of no return due to escalating CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere, and the decline and loss of species globally means the web of life is unravelling faster than we can repair it. Forest and ocean ecosystems are...

  Penang, Malaysia/ Quezon City, Philippines.  Two civil society organizations from Malaysia and the Philippines urged the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to declare the entire region as a “no entry zone” for hazardous wastes and other wastes, including household and plastic garbage. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and the EcoWaste...

ZERO WASTE should be a central job-creation strategy in COVID-19 economic recovery plans. Recent data from cities around the world clearly shows that zero waste CREATES OVER 200 TIMES AS MANY JOBS as landfills and incinerators. What’s good for the environment is also good for the economy! The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the many other illnesses within our current system. With the connected...

188 Environmental Groups Call for an End to Single Use Products, as the United Nations Environment Assembly gets set to discuss sustainability. Make “throwaway go away” if you care about the planet, the groups say. February 17, 2021 – As government representatives from 193 member states prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”, 188 environmental groups from around the...

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Penang State Government not to commence work on the PSR project as there is an appeal by the fishing community affected by the project against the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report by the Director General of Environmental Quality. The Environmental Quality Act 1974 empowers an aggrieved person to appeal against the...

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“DEAD River” a LIVING Nightmare. The 40-year-old Sungai Kereh pig waste pollution issue affects 10,000 residents in the vicinity who have to bear with the nauseating stench, and 2,000 residents who depend on the river as a source of livelihood.  See the flyer below for the full details. ..