https://www.scmp.com/rss/509230/feed Marcy Trent Long hosts Trash Talk, a weekly feature on RTHK Radio3 and produces the Sustainable Asia podcast, which won The Online Journalism Award in 2020 for their Pangolin Reports podcast series. Sustainable Asia podcast is launching their next podcast series “Mapping Asia’s Plastic Crisis” in April 2021. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com March 18 is Global Recycling Day. Can we really celebrate it here in Asia, or is it time to reckon with the myth that disposable plastic can be recycled? Before the advent of plastic packaging, neighbourhood variety stores throughout Asia provided goods in small portions for customers who brought in their own reusable containers. Now, those traditional stores are filled with products in plastic packaging, including multilayer packaging, small sachets and single-use pouches that are not... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3125706/false-promise-disposable-plastic-recycling-obscures-firms-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3125706/false-promise-disposable-plastic-recycling-obscures-firms-role?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:45:11 +0000