The quality of recycled plastic tends to be higher when the waste is pre-sorted by households compared with plastics ...

Huge amounts of clothing are simply discarded, and almost nothing goes to reuse or recycling. But with sensors and artificial ...

Indonesia is counting on waste-to-energy plants to tackle its waste crisis, but experts say it’s no substitute for reducing ...

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Tuesday (May 26, 2026).

A door-to-door waste collector pushes his cart in front of a house in Jakarta Indonesia, on May 4. BAY ISMOYO/AFP Jakarta now requires households to sort their trash for composting and recycling, and ...

After seven people were killed in a devastating landslide at the Bantargebang landfill in March, the Jakarta governor has issued an instruction mandating waste sorting at home before disposal, though ...

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While textile-to-textile recycling using post-industrial waste has grown in recent years, the process of converting post-consumer garments into new fibers hasn’t quite gotten off the ground in the ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Bali is grappling with a waste crisis as landfill restrictions have disrupted garbage collection, leaving rubbish accumulating in the streets of the Indonesian tourist hotspot. At the centre of the ...

Workers sorting waste on April 17, 2026, at the Tahura integrated waste processing facility in Denpasar, Bali. The local administration has continued to increase the facility’s processing capacity, ...