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    Using technology to combat waste across Asia Pacific

    Oct 14, 2019 3 minutes
    John Young.

    Asia Pacific has a waste problem.

    A 2017 study by Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Centre for Business and Environment found that eight million tonnes of plastic waste is discarded into the world’s oceans every day, with more than half believed to come from Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and China.

    Though efforts have been made to reduce waste production, such as China’s ban on imported plastic in 2018, Asia Pacific is still a key contributor of global waste. As environmental concerns grow and pressure

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