A looming, mainly #WEEE #hazardouswaste crisis is coming to the #AsiaPacific region. And as w/most #toxic #pollution #lowincome #communities such as those across #ASEAN will likely be disproportionately impacted. #Singapore-based NEU's #NUS-developed electrochemical technology that #recycles #Li @ a 95% recovery rate, and up to 100X less #polluting than heat or acid methods. The NUS method is exclusive to LFP EV batteries. #SDG12 #ASEANsustainable #goodAQIsaveslives
https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-lithium-reserves-dwindle-singapore-ev-battery-recycling-startup-aims-to-plug-supply-gap/
#weee #hazardouswaste #AsiaPacific #toxic #pollution #lowincome #communities #ASEAN #singapore #NUS #recycles #li #polluting #SDG12 #ASEANsustainable #goodaqisaveslives
As of 7 PM, 4 December (#BKK time) #IQAIR #AQI readings show #Bangkok, and #HCMCity w/relatively good #airquality. Nice to see readings like these during 'winter' months in #SoutheastAsia. Typically the time when #agricultural #biomass burning, and inversion events happen that lead to more #toxic regional air quality. The key is trying to find ways to make this a more common regional occurrence. #goodAQIsaveslives #ASEANsustainable
#bkk #IQAir #aqi #bangkok #hcmcity #airquality #southeastasia #agricultural #biomass #toxic #goodaqisaveslives #ASEANsustainable
The office headquarters of #ThreePercentEarth is located on the grounds of the #GardenLiapKlong (The Garden), a commercial community centre in #Nonthaburi #Thailand. In addition to our #policyresearch we have partnered with the Garden to raise awareness about meaningful steps people w/in local neighbourhoods can take to help promote community-based #sustainability. Like, for example, #chemicalfree #urban #vegetable #farming. #ASEANsustainable #SDGs #SDG2 #chemicalfreefarming
#ThreePercentEarth #gardenliapklong #Nonthaburi #Thailand #policyresearch #sustainability #chemicalfree #urban #vegetable #farming #ASEANsustainable #sdgs #SDG2 #chemicalfreefarming
With a 7-fold increase in #solidwaste over the last 40 yrs., and space in #Semakau, (#Singapore's only #landfill) projected to runout by 2035, the country's govt. has developed a nationwide '2030 #sustainability plan' that looks to incorporate a #zerowaste-target masterplan calling for a transition from linear to #closedloop (#cleanerproduction), and #CircularEconomy. #ASEANsustainable #SDG12 #SDG11
https://www.towardszerowaste.gov.sg/zero-waste-masterplan/
#solidwaste #semakau #singapore #landfill #sustainability #zerowaste #closedloop #cleanerproduction #CircularEconomy #ASEANsustainable #SDG12 #SDG11
April 2022, ambient #PM2.5 levels in #Thailand exceeded (by 4X) the WHO AQG. The cost of #toxic #airpollution accts. for nearly 11% of the nation's #GDP; an externalised cost the burden of which is bore by #civilsociety, and exposes the profound socio-economic #publichealth disparity that arises from this unnecessary reality. #SDGs #SDG3.9 #SDG11.6 #SDG16.7 #SDG16.10 #environmentaljustice #EJ #ASEANsustainable #goodAQIsaveslives
https://www.who.int/thailand/news/detail/08-06-2022-the-cost-of-clean-air-in-thailand
#PM2 #Thailand #toxic #airpollution #gdp #civilsociety #publichealth #sdgs #SDG3 #SDG11 #SDG16 #environmentaljustice #ej #ASEANsustainable #goodaqisaveslives
Today, we take our first steps in more actively diversifying our social media presence. Viva la Toot!
At Three Percent Earth we do policy research to help address issues of concern regarding consumer-industrial pollution, and agricultural pesticides for the ASEAN region; and work to help reduce/prevent health and environmental impacts by advocating practical policy and governance solutions. #ThreePercentEarth #SDGs #ASEANsustainable
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