A Walk through Bantar Gebang Landfill: A Closer Look at the Informal Waste Workers The infamous Bantar Gebang landfill site is the biggest open dumping landfill not just in Indonesia, but also in the Southeast Asia region. Spanning across an area of more than 108 hectares, this landfill site receives about 7,000 tonnes …
Unlocking the Solution to Plastic Pollution: Thailand’s Push for Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility As the issue around plastic pollution is taking over the conversation, a growing number of initiatives have been put in motion to tackle this problem, and many of them in the area of waste management. However, to Dr Sujitra …
Plastic Waste in Myanmar: How Poverty (Paradoxically) Can Drive Circularity Mr Friedor Jeske started to get interested in the waste issue since his involvement in a recycling study with Yangon municipality years ago, despite him coming from an entirely different academic background. ‘I was interested in the mixture of …
How Solid Waste Management and Social Issues are Intertwined When it comes to solid waste management, Professor Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling likes to look at the issue taking into account their strong social factors. She sees that the two things are intertwined, especially in her home country of …
Celebrating Japan’s Sea Day: Small Company in Microplastic Leakage Research and Strives for Innovation …
