Why plastic waste is an ideal building material
What if we turned the world’s growing wastelands of disused plastics into a new kind of sustainable building? The disposal of plastics is a highly visible global problem – from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, waste plastic seems inescapable. In natural conditions, plastics are nearly indestructible, and yet they are discarded worldwide on a large scale: the [...]
Building with recycled plastics
During the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ (ISRI) 2019 Convention & Exposition April 8-11 in Los Angeles, the Spotlight on Plastics highlighted some unique products that are starting to demand recycled plastics. Madeline Rohrbacher, territory sales manager Mid-Atlantic at North Carolina-based CaraGreen, said a number of building materials are starting to utilize recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). “These are alternatives to conventional building materials, [...]
Sustainable development, green technology to play vital role in driving economy, says PM
Sustainable development and green technology need to play a vital role in driving the country's economy, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said that the Covid-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call for the world and that Malaysia and other countries need to rethink their development agenda. “A green recovery approach would not only spur the economy and [...]
Tesco is first retailer in Malaysia to publish food waste data
TESCO Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is taking a firm stance against the global issue that is food waste by becoming the first retailer in Malaysia to publish its food waste data. Up to this point, Malaysia food waste data is mostly derived from household food waste which is estimated at some 16,688 tonnes daily, according to a report by the [...]
Focus on reducing food waste, Putrajaya told
A food waste specialist has urged the government to address the issue of wasted food in the country, amid reports that Malaysians generate over 16,000 tonnes of such waste each day. Mae Ooi, the co-founder of Mentari Alam EKO, a company dedicated to solving problems associated with food waste, said the government should organise programmes to create awareness about the [...]
US Composting Council and PLAN Launch Partnership to Build Campus Composting Resources
The Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN) and US Composting Council (USCC) are launching a partnership to provide resources in the coming year to stakeholders of composting efforts on college and university campuses, the organizations announced today. The two groups will be working together on training resources for campus composting to be released in early fall. With PLAN’s emphasis on student-led zero waste [...]
BU12 Community Composting Project
The team from Regen were at the BU12 Residents’ Park early Saturday morning on 5 October to help create awareness on the optimal method for turning waste into organic compost and fertilizer which can actually rake in quite a sizeable revenue stream. It is hoped that with the added motivation of having an income stream, the project will attract many [...]