Recycling

Forum: Strengthening outreach for Beverage Container Return Scheme

Japan’s JR East railway to replace magnetic train tickets with QR code ones next spring

The change will end the company's use of magnetic train tickets after nearly four decades.

Forum: Different rules for returning cans and bottles may be confusing for F&B operators

US group says Starbucks plastic cups marked recyclable end up in trash

FILE PHOTO: An employee poses with a cup of water at a Starbucks coffeehouse in Austin, Texas, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed/File Photo

Small bugs, big appetites: The tiny army upcycling Singapore’s food waste

(SUGGESTED MAIN PIC 2) [IMAGE 1 OF 12] Black soldier flies searching for mating partners inside the netting enclosure in the breeding room at ENTO Industries on April 20, 2026. Despite their wasp-like appearance, adult flies do not sting or bite and do not have mouthparts to eat. They spend their short lives mating and resting.

FamilyMart stores in Japan collect used clothing, goods to reduce waste

Boxes were installed in about 30 FamilyMart stores in Tokyo to collect used clothing and household goods for re-use.

How do we make recycling a social norm in Singapore?

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A Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) machine at Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre on April 1, 2026, the day the initiative is rolled out across Singapore.

Can be used for stories on: Recycling, BCRS, Canned/Bottled Drinks, Beverages, Hawker Centre, Environment, Sustainability.

Recycled plastic is in greater demand. So why does Malaysia have to import waste to make them?

Low-density polyethylene being made from discarded plastic waste at a recycling plant in Kapar, Selangor, Malaysia.

Retired Changi, Seletar airport fire hoses upcycled into hammocks for lions, monkeys

eshose - One of the Night Safari's Asian lion using the hammock, repurposed from decommissioned fire hoses, to lounge and comfortably rest.

SOURCE: MANDAI WILDLIFE GROUP

The day we took away the blue bins

We like to think of ourselves as principled or having the right values, but in reality, most of us are conditional do-gooders, says the writer.

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