But more than a decade after Japan founded the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NUMO) in 2000 to find a site, it is still looking.

According to the Plastic Waste Management Institute, a total of 8.23 million tons of plastic waste was discarded in Japan in 2022. The reduction from eliminating regular plastic straws seems ...

Japan touts an enviable waste management system, and 86% of its plastic waste is recycled. But much of that "recycling" involves simply incinerating plastic, often to produce energy, a process ...

The Maishima plant stands as a model for zero waste management in Japan, playing a pivotal role in realising the city's Expo 2025 vision, centred on showcasing the planet's ecosystem and environment.

Asep Kuswanto, Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency, expressed gratitude to the Osaki City Government for Japan's support in building the JRC. “We are very grateful to the Japanese Government, ...

By Chia Chu Hang Food waste has been a long-standing issue in Malaysia. According to a report, we are wasting approximately 16,720 tonnes of food daily, which accounts for 44 percent of the total ...

Kouhei Yamamoto, director of the Dynax Urban Environmental Research Institute, has studied waste management issues in Okinawa prefecture, about 800km south of the Japanese mainland, which includes ...

Luhut explained that the Presidential Regulation No.83/2018 which involves 16 state ministries shows that Indonesia has followed up the waste issue the two countries had discussed, as the regulation ...