Ecorasa offers a holistic solution by creating a plastic food and beverage packaging using Oxium technology. Photos courtesy of Ecorasa/NOWJAKARTA Amidst plastic waste crisis, Oxium technology offers a role to re-decompose plastic to the soil at the end of its useful life. The alarming increase of plastic waste called for the emergence of strict regulations prohibiting

Bekasi city government works with Waste4Change to manage its waste. Photos courtesy of Waste4Change/NOWJAKARTA Waste4Change recently launched waste management governance solution supported by information technology and smart city platform through a talk show on waste management solutions from every stakeholder. On 9 March at CoHive, Plaza Kuningan, Jakarta, Waste4Change signed a MoU with Bekasi city

Sustainable Island Initiative (SII) was launched on 27 February. Photos courtesy of Sustainable Island Initiative/NOWJAKARTA Denmark-Indonesia joint programme, Sustainable Island Initiative launched in Lombok and Riau. On 27 February, representatives of the Danish Embassy and the Kingdom of Denmark visited Batam as part of the activation campaign for the Sustainable Island Initiative (SII), which is

Sustainable tourism is important for both businesses and the environment. Photos courtesy of unsplash.com/NOWJAKARTA Tourism is, without doubt, the fastest growing form of leisure in the twenty-first century, and Indonesia is one of the world’s most exotic destinations. However, what happens when the movement has become ‘too fast’? Negative effects on the environment are inherent

Nina addressed her concerns regarding waste issue to the President of USA, Donald Trump, sent on July 2019. Photos courtesy of Devianti Faridz and Aeshnina Azzahra/NOWJAKARTA Aeshnina Azzahra (Nina), a 12-year-old from Gresik, East Java implored leaders of developed countries to halt plastic waste import to Indonesia by sending letters and rallying supporters online and offline.

Amazon Headquarters. Photo courtesy of aboutamazon.com/NOWJAKARTA The construction sector has a huge role to play in making our world sustainable, not only because it represents a large part of our physical environment, but because it is an industry that impacts all areas of society. ISO’s International Standard for sustainability in this sector has just been

Starbucks Indonesia has committed to eliminating the usage of single-use plastic straws with paper straws at its stores across the country. Photo courtesy of Starbucks Indonesia/NOW!JAKARTA Starting in February, the biggest coffee chain in the country, Starbucks Indonesia will be gradually replacing its plastic staw with papers to eliminate the potential usage of over 30 million

Say Yes to Less is a programme dedicated to address the issue of food and plastic waste and find potential solutions within culinary businesses with excellent waste management policy. Photos by Alfonsius Aditya/NOWJAKARTA Our planet is dying, and one of the most pressing environmental problems is plastic pollution. How much plastic waste do we actually

Hilton Bandung has been awarded Indonesia Leading 5 star Hotel – Bandung and Indonesia Leading Meeting & Conference Bandung by Indonesia Travel and Tourism Awards. Photos courtesy of Hilton Bandung/NOWJAKARTA Hilton Bandung has implemented an ambitious and comprehensive waste and energy reduction program, a great exemplary for hospitality industry players in West Java. Environmental sustainability is an everyday

Bantargebang Landfill that has been a home to Jakartans' residual waste for many years now is in the verge of overcapacity. Photo courtesy of Waste4Change/NOWJAKARTA On 21 February 2005, after three days of heavy rain, about 2.04 million cubic meters of waste in Leuwigajah landfill, Bandung, started sliding down the valley and buried two villages, killing

Alistair Speirs (Chairman of MVB), Ridwan Kamil (Governor of West Java), H.E. Marina Berg (Ambassador of Sweden) at ‘Smart Cities for All: The Foundation of Sustainable Business’ seminar. Photos by Raditya Fadilla/NOWJAKARTA This was the fourth year of MVB’s development and was by far the busiest and most successful, with a total of ten events,

Alistair Speirs introducing Say Yes To Less programme to Bandung. Photos by Alfonsius Aditya/NOWJAKARTA After conducting successful workshops in Jakarta and Bali which gathered more than 100 brands that are willing to commit and implement more sustainable practices including waste segregation and using eco-friendly appliances, Say Yes To Less spread its wings to West Java! Fully supported