Mastercard launches global plan to recycle credit cards
The pilot project, which will run for an initial six months, will allow customers to recycle any plastic card, including those from rivals.
Nigerian parents pay school bills with recyclable waste
A local environmental organisation has been collecting bottles, cans, drink cartons and plastic containers brought into the schools by parents and selling them to recyclers.
Tackling anxiety through DIY
Sisters Rafidah and Nor Padilah keep themselves busy and happy turning unwanted materials into works of art.
From stubs to soft toys, an Indian factory reprocesses cigarette ends
The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others.
Malaysia to implement end-of-life vehicle management policy by 2025
This is to ensure that components and usable material from old vehicles can be of use and not thrown away.
Is Malaysia on track for a circular economy for plastic?
A circular economy envisions the responsible management, recovery and reuse of resources to their full potential.
Only 9% of plastic recycled worldwide, says global economic body
A new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report found that 460 million tonnes of plastics were used in 2019, the number nearly doubling since 2000.
Pandemic mask mountain sets new recycling challenge
Around 129 billion disposable masks are used every month around the world, according to the American Chemical Society.
From Sri Lanka, hazardous waste now sailing back to Britain
Many countries including Malaysia are reluctant to import any more foreign waste.
