With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors ...

Additionally, growing manufacturing and other industries are also directly boosting the plastic waste volume in Asia Pacific. However, the rate of plastic waste mismanagement is also high, which is ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic ... dealer. Waste pickers here average around $100 a month. The scene in Manila is typical of large, overcrowded urban centers across Asia.

a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.

ASEAN has become an attractive destination for petrochemical expansion and plastic waste exports, given its proximity to ...

Now other countries in Asia are increasing their plastic waste imports, raising environmental concerns about their ability to handle such large volumes of recyclables. Meanwhile, in developed ...

Picture this: you're lounging on a beautiful beach, soaking up the sun and listening to the soothing sound of the waves. You ...

Gurgaon: For the last four months, garbage has been piling up along the roads ... where construction and demolition (C&D) waste, plastic, and other solid waste were dumped with no effort to ...