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· Ryan General
School in India Lets Kids Pay Tuition By Recycling Plastic
With the aim of encouraging poor parents to send their children to school instead of stone quarries, a small school for underprivileged students in India began accepting plastic waste as school fees. View this post on Instagram Akshar accepts plastic packets as school fees. The…
· Carl Samson
Boy in China Forced to Collect Recycling After Stealing $290 From His Grandma
A nine-year-old boy in southern China has been collecting recyclables since Golden Week to pay off the 2,000 yuan ($290) that he had stolen from his grandmother. It was discovered that for two weeks, Hanghang quietly used his grandmother’s WeChat Pay account for mobile game…
· Ryan General
Chinese Factory Exposed For Recycling Used Adult Diapers to Make New Ones
Usually, the idea of recycling is something to be applauded, but one Chinese factory’s methods are just too crappy to be appreciated. A small manufacturing plant in the province of Shandong was recently discovered to be recycling used, soiled adult diapers to make new ones.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A Recycling Firm Wants to Give $100,000 to the Woman Who Donated This Rare Apple Computer
An unidentified woman unwittingly recycled a rare, treasured computer put together by Steve Jobs which she now stands to make $100,000 from.
· Carl Samson
Trial begins for SF man accused of fatally beating 88-year-old Asian woman
After nearly seven years, the trial of a man accused of killing an elderly Asian American woman began Monday with the defendant representing himself and claiming surveillance videos showing him near multiple crime scenes were “intentionally altered by artificial intelligence.”…
· Carl Samson
Asia leads solutions as global plastic crisis hits $1.5 trillion
Plastic pollution represents a grave crisis costing the world at least $1.5 trillion annually in health-related economic losses, a landmark report reveals. Key findings: The comprehensive review published on Aug. 3 in The Lancet found that plastics harm human health across all…
· Carl Samson
City of Oakland hit with subpoena after FBI raids on mayor’s home
A U.S. attorney has issued a subpoena to the City of Oakland, California — addressed to City Attorney Barbara Parker — following FBI raids on June 20 at several locations, including Mayor Sheng Thao’s home. It demands various documents, including communications related to Thao’s…
· Carl Samson
Why Southeast Asia is drowning in imported plastic waste
Southeast Asia faces a severe environmental crisis as imported plastic waste accumulates across its beaches and towns, disrupting local ecosystems and communities. Key points:
· Michelle De Pacina
Prince William arrives in Singapore for Asia’s first Earthshot Prize event
Prince William arrived in Singapore for the Earthshot Prize awards, which was held in Asia for the first time. Singapore welcome: Prince William was warmly welcomed at the Changi Airport on Sunday by Singaporeans waving British flags, whom he took pictures with and signed…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘That’s what America is about’: Sugar Bowl Bakery co-founder reflects on his family’s pursuit of the American dream
“How come all the houses look the same?” then-24-year-old Andrew Ly wondered while touring San Francisco for the first time. The air was colder and the streets were quieter — completely different from the atmosphere of his war-torn home country. Ly and his family came from Giồng…
· Ines Shin
Thai man goes viral for traveling with his 11 cats in a sidecar motorcycle
Choowong Thepkoh, a 65-year-old man from Thailand, recently embarked on a nearly five-hour journey with his 11 cats using a sidecar motorcycle. On Friday, “Kingdom of Tigers,” a popular Thai cat Facebook page, asked its followers to donate cat food to Thepkoh, affectionately…
· Bryan Ke
Woman in Philippine Air Force goes viral for gown made of 17,000 soda can pull tabs
A Filipino woman recently went viral for sharing a photo of a gown she is in the process of making with soda can pull tabs. Richell Malibiran, a 43-year-old technical sergeant in the Philippine Air Force, caught the attention of thousands of Facebook users after posting about…
· Ryan General
Thailand to impose total ban on plastic scrap imports by 2025
Thailand will be implementing a plan of action in three phases that will culminate in a total ban on plastic scrap imports by 2025. The first phase, which will begin next year, involves imposing limits on the amount of imported plastic scrap based on plants’ actual production…
· Celine Pun
Toronto’s ban on single-use plastics could cripple some Asian businesses, say restaurant owners
On July 7, Canada released regulations prohibiting single-use plastics and suggesting alternatives to reduce the environmental impact and wildlife harm of plastic pollution. The new measures also aim to shift Canada from a linear to a circular economy, in which the products will…
· Celine Pun
Honoring my scallions: How my Asian parents’ food waste made me an environmentalist
Growing up as a low-income, first-generation Asian American, I was motivated by my immigrant parents’ food insecurity to fight for our planet. I was born into an American culture of honoring consumption. I was never shy, taking extra servings of catering food home from school…
· Bryan Ke
Protesters denounce razing of 1900s Issei settlement at Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach
Around 150 people attended the “Standup Against Asian Hate Rally” at the Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday to denounce the fire that many in the community believe to be an anti-Asian attack. One of the buildings of the Historic Wintersburg, a…
· Ryan General
All-women engineering team from Philippines win UNESCO hackathon with their clean water solution
Wonderpets, an all-female team consisting of Reaner Jacqueline Bool, Ghia Luwalhati and Nicole Elizabeth Tan from Batangas State University in the Philippines, won the top prize at UNESCO’s 2022 World Engineering Day Hackathon. Involving 125 teams from 23 countries, the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Vogue feature on waste loom products sparks anger over alleged appropriation, ‘white mediocrity’ favoritism
Vogue Runway’s feature of T-shirt waste loom products by American designer Elise McMahon and textile artist Francescat Capone created using “upcycled T-shirt weaving” received online backlash from Filipinos claiming it was an appropriation of the basahan weaving technique. The…
· Bryan Ke
Canadian startup is transforming millions of used, discarded chopsticks into home decor and furniture
Canadian startup ChopValue has embodied the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” by turning old, used chopsticks into furniture and home decor. A small start: The idea came to Felix Böck after his partner Thalia Otamendi suggested starting with something as small…
· Ryan General
‘White Savior’?: Lawyer of all-girls Afghan robotics team demands Oklahoma woman stop taking credit for their rescue
A lawyer representing an all-girls robotics team who fled Afghanistan has sent a formal cease-and-desist letter to an Oklahoma woman to stop her from taking credit for their rescue. Tragedy for personal gain: Digital Citizen Fund (DCF), the parent organization that oversaw the…