With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors ...

Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience.

Countries across the Asia-Pacific region are stepping up efforts to reduce plastic waste through national policies, local ...

They lighten every car and jumbo jet today, saving fuel—and pollution ... the world’s mismanaged plastic waste was generated by just five Asian countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines ...

ASEAN has become an attractive destination for petrochemical expansion and plastic waste exports, given its proximity to ...

Without intervention, global plastic pollution will continue to affect ... to an art installation in Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia, March 19, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua ...

Microplastics are a growing ecological and human health crisis: Scientist have found the tiny plastic particles everywhere ...

And we are now facing an accelerating threat that transcends borders and puts everyone in harm's way. To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...