BANGKOK – Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world’s top f… ...

Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the ...

Plastic waste has long posed a formidable challenge to the global environment, and the Asia-Pacific region—home to over half the world’s population and many of the world’s largest coastal ...

Nick Schifrin: Last year, the U.S. exported more than 950 million tons of plastic waste meant for recycling, and a significant portion of that ended up in Southeast Asia.

In Brief The turn of the decade is seeing substantial efforts to reduce plastic pollution across Southeast Asia. Around the world, trillions of plastic bags are used each year with troublesome impacts ...

Circulate Capital, the industry-backed investment group that aims to raise money to improve plastic waste management in Asia, unveiled its initial fund Dec. 4, a $106 million round of financing.

Green groups worry about plastic "onslaught" in Southeast Asia as home deliveries during lockdowns add to mountains of waste By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK, May 11 (Reuters) - Thailand began ...