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Hungry Ghost Festival: Do’s and Don’ts
We can learn from these traditional Hungry Ghost practices of old, with a little environmental update that we can bring into our everyday lives as part of a #betternormal.
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Report proposes stronger ASEAN response to fight global waste dumping
Current legal and policy responses are not enough to stop the entry of illegal waste, and more importantly, are insufficient to protect the health of both people and the environment. ASEAN countries evidently need a unified and stronger response to waste trade.
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Plastic Free July for a #BetterNormal
The way we buy things has changed with the pandemic, and with it the increase of throwaway plastic. Find out why these two are connected.
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Pua Lay Peng, a frontline defender against plastic pollution in Malaysia
We would say that Pua is the Malaysian version of Erin Brockovich, a concerned citizen who fought for a better environment and consequently, built a strong movement.
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Plastic Free July: 5 tips to save money and our environment!
Think outside the box on ways we can save money and reduce plastic waste at the same time.
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Be a part of the solution, not part of the pollution.
Our recent discovery found a high concentration of heavy metals, namely lead (Pb) in the sediments of the Langat river in the location nearer to plastic waste recycling factories and other industries in Jenjarom.
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Health experts call for reusable PPE to protect people and planet
Health experts around the world today endorsed the use of well-made reusable masks or gloves that are properly sanitised in order to protect the environment from pollution as well as our communities from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nestle Malaysia’s unsustainable move from plastic to paper straws
Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd announced that it plans to adopt paper straws across its entire range of ultra-high temperature (UHT) by year end. Although Nestle claims this move will help in tackling the plastic pollution crisis, it is a misguided one.
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Kesan plastik yang tidak berhenti
Sampah plastik telah membanjiri kawasan kita sejak 2018 lagi - menenggelamkan suara-suara dan mengenepikan kesihatan ahli-ahli komuniti yang terkesan akibat situasi ini.
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The plastic that keeps on giving
Illegal, unrecyclable imported plastic waste flooded our shores in 2018; drowning out the voices and health of communities affected by it, as well as the health of our environment.