Waste management

Why Seoul can’t shake its sewer smell

Complaints of sudden bursts of sewer-like odours have been repeatedly raised by residents and visitors.

Italian garbagemen help recover lost $1.5 million lottery ticket

A €1 million (S$1.5 million) lottery ticket was recovered from the trash in Italy after the frantic winner called on garbagemen to help her retrieve it.

Britain’s Royal Mint strikes gold in electronic waste amid high prices

Chemical analyst Kate Griffiths dissolving an electronic component in chemicals to remove the gold at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales on June 30.

Garbage heap collapse kills 9 at India waste plant

The accident occurred on July 8 at the Antony waste plant on the outskirts of Pune.

Indonesia says landfill fire near Jakarta extinguished

The fire – which burned an area at the landfill measuring around 15ha – had been completely extinguished by the evening of July 9.

Construction of Bali’s waste-to-energy plant officially starts

Indonesia generates more than 140,000 tonnes of waste every day.

Government studying how to increase yield of clean, segregated recyclables

Recycling rates have remained lacklustre, falling from 59 per cent in 2019 to 52 per cent in 2025.

askST: Why is there so much rubbish on the beach in East Coast Park?

Singapore’s battle against marine trash is a joint effort helmed by both volunteers and the authorities.

Tiong Bahru residents doing away with blue recycling bins permanently

A resident using the new smart recycling machine in Tiong Bahru Community Centre on June 27.

From beer byproducts to tuna: S’pore firms work to transform food waste into new, useful products

Mottainai Food Tech collects barley spent grains from breweries and other companies and converts them into plant-based tuna flakes through fermentation.

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