https://www.eco-business.com/category/waste-management/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 13 Jun 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/shein-earns-sbti-validation-for-decarbonisation-targets-but-scrutiny-of-its-core-business-model-persists/The fast fashion giant’s recent efforts to boost its green credentials, including in making new sustainability hires, could be linked to its ambitions to go public, say experts.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/shein-earns-sbti-validation-for-decarbonisation-targets-but-scrutiny-of-its-core-business-model-persists/https://www.eco-business.com/news/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-turns-to-areca-leaves-rice-bran-to-ditch-single-use-plastic-tableware/A few local entrepreneurs are now producing tableware like plates and straws from biodegradable and locally available materials including areca leaves for plates and rice bran and jute for straws.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:03:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-turns-to-areca-leaves-rice-bran-to-ditch-single-use-plastic-tableware/https://www.eco-business.com/news/sustainability-leadership-a-list-2025-asia-pacifics-most-impactful-changemakers/As geopolitical uncertainties cloud the horizon, leaders who uphold the values of climate justice, diplomacy and equity in their work are recognised for their contributions in the sustainability sector.Fri, 30 May 2025 12:22:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/sustainability-leadership-a-list-2025-asia-pacifics-most-impactful-changemakers/https://www.eco-business.com/news/biomass-co-firing-a-false-strategy-that-risks-prolonging-indonesias-coal-use-report/Despite being endorsed as a way to mitigate emissions in Indonesia’s new power supply plan, the use of wood and crop waste in coal plants delivers minimal climate benefits while posing new pollution risks, says an environmental group.Fri, 30 May 2025 06:18:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/biomass-co-firing-a-false-strategy-that-risks-prolonging-indonesias-coal-use-report/https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/Indonesia’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the bankruptcy of the country’s largest textile group, Sritex, which made garments for global fast fashion retailers like H&M.Wed, 28 May 2025 05:54:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/https://www.eco-business.com/news/geoengineers-eye-up-ocean-dead-zones-for-carbon-storage/Proponents of modifying the ocean to battle climate change have rising hopes for their biomass sinking plans, but critics fear the environmental impacts.Tue, 27 May 2025 06:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/geoengineers-eye-up-ocean-dead-zones-for-carbon-storage/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/an-intelligent-trade-off-ai-as-a-double-edged-sword-in-southeast-asias-climate-battle/Although artificial intelligence (AI) offers positive benefits for Southeast Asia’s climate battle, the region should not look at its usage through rose-tinted glasses.Mon, 26 May 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/an-intelligent-trade-off-ai-as-a-double-edged-sword-in-southeast-asias-climate-battle/https://www.eco-business.com/news/decommissioning-offshore-wind-is-a-looming-ecological-challenge/The offshore wind industry is starting to consider end-of-life options for the oldest turbines.Thu, 22 May 2025 07:08:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/decommissioning-offshore-wind-is-a-looming-ecological-challenge/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/the-true-cost-of-ocean-plastic-pollution/Addressing the global crisis of maritime plastic pollution will require mobilising investment and support to reduce the production of single-use plastics, increasing the lifespan of plastic objects and promoting reuse and reparability.Tue, 13 May 2025 07:27:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/the-true-cost-of-ocean-plastic-pollution/https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysia-and-singapore-attracted-bulk-of-us24-billion-green-investment-hike-in-southeast-asia-in-2024/Across the region, private investments in green projects saw a substantial 43-per-cent increase year on year, led by solar deals. But progress is uneven and Southeast Asia struggles to close an annual funding gap of US$50 billion by 2030.Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysia-and-singapore-attracted-bulk-of-us24-billion-green-investment-hike-in-southeast-asia-in-2024/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-myanmars-gold-rush-threatens-international-rivers/Satellite data suggests unregulated gold mines near the Thai-Myanmar border may be polluting transboundary waterways.Sun, 04 May 2025 22:20:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-myanmars-gold-rush-threatens-international-rivers/https://www.eco-business.com/news/new-eu-plastic-pellet-regulations-met-with-caution/The EU has agreed binding rules to reduce plastic pellet pollution, aiming to tackle up to 184,000 metric tons of annual leakage into the environment.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:36:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/new-eu-plastic-pellet-regulations-met-with-caution/https://www.eco-business.com/news/textile-giant-bangladesh-pushed-to-recycle-more-waste/As global demand for recycling in the fashion industry grows, textile hub Bangladesh is pushed to rethink how it handles waste.Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:14:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/textile-giant-bangladesh-pushed-to-recycle-more-waste/https://www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-initiatives-drive-indonesias-efforts-to-cut-plastic-waste-build-circular-economy/Indonesia is promoting 'reuse' as a key solution to its plastic waste crisis, with civil society and the Ministry of Environment launching a 'reuse road map' to mainstream practices like refilling and returning containers.Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:45:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-initiatives-drive-indonesias-efforts-to-cut-plastic-waste-build-circular-economy/https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-releases-its-first-green-sovereign-bonds-in-london/Experts say the bonds will attract international investment in China’s green transition, bringing private funding and boosting international climate cooperation.Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-releases-its-first-green-sovereign-bonds-in-london/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/The world's fashion industry is producing an increasingly unmanageable amount of waste.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/https://www.eco-business.com/news/filipino-surfing-locale-revives-mangroves-through-ecotourism/Sustainable tourism discourages illegal mangrove cutting and fishing in the Philippines' largest contiguous mangrove forest.Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/filipino-surfing-locale-revives-mangroves-through-ecotourism/https://www.eco-business.com/podcasts/esg-in-retreat-in-india-more-companies-see-climate-action-as-strategic-mahindra-cso-ankit-todi/In a new series 'On the frontlines' that spotlights the challenges facing corporate changemakers, the sustainability chief for the Indian conglomerate argues that while language around ESG has become muddled, this should not prevent action.Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:17:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/podcasts/esg-in-retreat-in-india-more-companies-see-climate-action-as-strategic-mahindra-cso-ankit-todi/https://www.eco-business.com/news/indigenous-peoples-fight-to-be-heard-at-plastics-treaty-talks/Though disproportionately affected by plastic pollution, Indigenous Peoples are struggling to shape a global treaty on it.Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indigenous-peoples-fight-to-be-heard-at-plastics-treaty-talks/