by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
From shabby furniture getting a funky facelift to threadbare dresses finding a new lease of life as cushion covers, the art of upcycling is very much alive in Singapore. Upcycling is the process of converting old or discarded items into something of better quality,...
by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
Step into the Arab Street office of social enterprise Terra SG and you will be greeted by the sight of upholstered seats made from tyres, juice cartons-turned-coin pouches and vodka bottles filled with fairy lights. One man’s waste is another man’s...
by Abriel | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water
Researchers warned of a “troubling” accumulation of microplastics in sea ice floating in the Arctic ocean, a major potential source of water pollution as global warming melts the sheets of frozen water. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar...
by Abriel | Apr 25, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
On average, each person in Singapore generated 19.5kg of e-waste in 2014, second only to Hong Kongers in Asia. By this year (2018), the figure will have grown to 21kg as estimated by the Global E-Waste Monitor 2017. Of this amount, just 6% is known to be recycled,...
by Abriel | Apr 23, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
The first zero-waste grocery store is launching in Singapore. Called UnPackt, the store’s goods will be sold without any packaging and customers will be encouraged to bring their own containers. Dispensed in self-serve gravity bins to reduce food waste, dried food and...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
Earth Day 2018 is dedicated to mobilising the world to end plastic pollution, by launching a multi-year campaign to curb consumption of single-use plastics. Celebrated annually on 22 April, Earth Day is a global annual event with more than 1 billion people in 192...
