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Recycling

Forum: Lessons from past recycling efforts must guide beverage container return scheme

Some drink producers feel the squeeze even with $2.5k grant for container return scheme

Smaller businesses said the $2,500 grant to defray costs is insufficient to avert potential drink price hikes.
Smaller businesses said the $2,500 grant to defray costs is insufficient to avert potential drink price hikes.

Forum: Clothes for recycling piling up beside bin

Man United fans torn over sacking of Ruben Amorim

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Manchester United - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2025 Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Manchester United - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2025 Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Hanoi to require household waste sorting and allow collectors to refuse unsorted rubbish

A sanitation worker collecting rubbish at an informal dumping site in Vietnam's capital city Hanoi.
A sanitation worker collecting rubbish at an informal dumping site in Vietnam's capital city Hanoi.

Beverage container return scheme to kick off on April 1 but transition period will be 6 months

A supermarket employee arranges beverages on the shelves at Sheng Siong supermarket.
A supermarket employee arranges beverages on the shelves at Sheng Siong supermarket.

Japan aims to cut 25% of clothes waste by 2030 via recycling, re-use

The move comes as textile product waste has become a major issue worldwide.
The move comes as textile product waste has become a major issue worldwide.

‘Waiting to die’: The dirty business of recycling in Vietnam

This photo taken on November 25, 2025, shows a woman picking up plastic waste at a landfill on the outskirts of Hanoi. Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
This photo taken on November 25, 2025, shows a woman picking up plastic waste at a landfill on the outskirts of Hanoi. Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)

Forum: Have standard, reusable design for attire worn at community events

EU to unveil plan for cutting reliance on China for critical raw materials

The under-construction Rare Earth Industrial Park seen in Anyuan county, Ganzhou, in eastern China's Jiangxi province.
The under-construction Rare Earth Industrial Park seen in Anyuan county, Ganzhou, in eastern China's Jiangxi province.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.