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A haze-free ASEAN by 2020 – are we there yet?
“A haze-free ASEAN by 2020 – are we there yet?” Southeast Asia Transboundary Haze 2019 This year, the plummeting air quality in Southeast Asia, caused by forest fires in…
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Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row
Manila, Philippines – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the top 3 most identified companies in global brand audits for the second year in a row, according to a new report…
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Waste Management, Casella announce halt to plastic waste exports to countries with poor waste management
Washington, DC – Two major waste management companies, Waste Management and Casella Waste Systems, along with several smaller companies, have stated that they are no longer exporting plastic waste outside of…
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Greenpeace report exposes how multinationals are pretending to solve the plastic crisis
Washington DC, United States – A Greenpeace USA report released today, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of…
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Malaysian-owned company one of the largest burned land areas
A total of 3,403,000 hectares (ha) of land burned between the years 2015 and 2018 in Indonesia, according to analysis of official government burn scar data. In 2015 alone more than 2,600,000 ha of land burned.
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Greenpeace Statement on the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris
The Bangkok Declaration and the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris is a good example of how regional action can be achieved to address a common challenge. However, the Framework falls short of addressing the plastic pollution problem at root.
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ASEAN leaders welcomed by “mountain of trash” and calls to ban plastic and e-waste imports
A mountain of plastic and electronic waste appeared on the streets of central Bangkok today as delegates from the 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrived in the Thai capital for the start of the 34th ASEAN summit.
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Community Rights Advocates Challenge to ASEAN Leaders: End the Toxic Trade in Plastics and E-Waste
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand unite to challenge ASEAN leaders to establish regional policies to immediately ban the flow of foreign plastic waste and e-waste entering the region, and regulate the production and consumption of single-use plastics.
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50 million hectares of forests destroyed worldwide, as palm oil sector in Indonesia continues unreformed
By 2020, at least fifty million hectares of forest – an area the size of Spain – is set to be destroyed for commodities despite ten years of corporate commitments to end deforestation.
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Malaysia’s government returns imported plastic waste to global north
But this issue needs to be tackled at the source.
