Waste management services are struggling to cope with huge amounts of plastic waste. To stem this tide, WWF-Singapore is collaborating with multiple stakeholders to reduce waste and move towards a circular economy. Consumers can make informed and sustainable choices about their plastic output by foll...
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was adopted to investigate 8 scenarios of plastic waste management options. In a nation with land scarcity, the scales and sizes of each plastic waste recycling/recovery method is also taken into consideration. The results demonstrated how different combinations of four ...
With Singapore having declared 2019 as the Year Towards Zero Waste, TODAY’s new four-part Trash Talk series examines the issue of waste management and how Singaporeans can do our part to reduce waste. In this second instalment, We take a closer look at the menace of plastic waste and how...
The focus is on a comparative analysis of using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) production, in two densely populated Asian countries of large economies, namely Singapore and India. Of the total 930,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated in Singapore in...
Platforms like the Malaysia Sustainable Plastic Alliance, the Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability, and the Thailand Public-Private Partnership for Plastic and Waste Management have been established for this purpose. In online shopping-loving Singapore, WWF-Singapore has also collab...
by Newcastle University in Singapore Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An international team of researchers from India and Singapore, led by Associate Professor Kheng Lim Goh from Newcastle University in Singapore, has examined the impact of plastic waste management on creating a new type of clean...
The Plastic Waste Management Market is expected to reach USD 40.43 billion in 2025 and grow at a CAGR of 3.77% to reach USD 48.65 billion by 2030. Veolia Environment, SUEZ Environment, Waste Management, Inc., Republic Services, Inc. and Stericycle, Inc.
plastic waste management; environmental impact assessment; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); plastic waste recycling; net-zero emission; scenario analysis1. Introduction In recent years, countries around the world have been formulating and implementing strategies to combat climate change and achieve net-zero ...
At the conclusion of the programme, which will occur over the next ten to twelve months, comprehensive assessments of the waste management practices in the key cities will be executed with the goal to outline solutions to increase the amount of plastic waste ...
To effectively manage plastic waste and facilitate the recycling process, various strategies are employed. Here are some common waste management strategies used in plastic recycling: 1. Collection and Sorting The first step in plastic recycling involves the collection and sorting of plastic waste. This...