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Retail Asia27/03/2019
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General

Single-Use Plastic Ban, Food Waste and Local Produce Top Priorities in Centara’s 2019 Sustainability Plan

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Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, is focusing on three key sustainability initiatives as part of the company’s recently announced 2019 Sustainability Plan: eliminating single-use plastic products; reducing its food waste footprint; and expanding its support of local farming and produce-growing communities. No Single-Use Plastic Products by end-2019 The elimination of single-use plastic […]
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Retail Asia12/03/2019
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Living

Anti-plastic campaigns pay off for Starbucks and 7-Eleven

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Starbucks Korea and 7-Eleven Thailand have announced positive results for their respective anti-plastic campaigns. A report revealed that the local Starbucks subsidiary has seen consumption of single-use straws cut by half in the months since introducing strawless lids on drinks without whipped cream or that do not need stirring. The initiative, introduced last November, has resulted […]
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Retail Asia08/01/2019
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Living

Korea to ban single-use plastic bags

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South Korea is to ban big-time supermarkets and retailers nationwide from selling single-use plastic bags in an attempt to conserve natural resources and reduce recyclable waste. The ban will come into effect on Tuesday as part of a revised law on conserving resources and encouraging the reuse of recyclable waste. Subject to the ban are 2000 outlets of […]
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Retail Asia04/01/2019
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Living

Malaysian mall introduces metal straws for shoppers

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Malaysia’s Sunway Malls is introducing metal straws in a move to help eliminate single-use plastic straws from its property. The decision, made in alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the government’s decision to ban plastic straws in the Federal Territories in Malaysia, has introduced metal straws. Many of Sunway’s tenants are moving […]
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Retail Asia04/01/2019
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Food

Starbucks South Korea offers incentives using own cups

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Starbucks South Korea says the number of customers bringing their own cups to the store leapt 24 per cent in just one month. The boost is the result of its ‘Eco Bonus Star Program’ aimed at reducing waste and improving consumer awareness of sustainability issues. Through the Eco Bonus Star Program, customers of Starbucks South Korea can […]
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Retail Asia03/01/2019
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Living

Western Australia to stop using plastic bags

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The ban on the use of plastic bags in Western Australia has started as of January 1, 2019, with retailers no longer be able to provide customers with lightweight plastic bags when shopping in their stores. Retailers who fail to comply with the new laws will face substantial fines and disruptions to their business operations. […]
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Retail Asia02/01/2019
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Living

Korea to ban plastic bags in supermarkets

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Large supermarkets are banned from giving or selling plastic shopping bags to customers. The Ministry of Environment announced Monday that it will completely prohibit grocery franchises and supermarkets over 165 square meters (1,776 square feet) from selling or giving away single-use plastic bags from New Year’s Day. While it discouraged stores from providing plastic bags before, the […]
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Retail Asia29/10/2018
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E-Tailing

E-commerce platform JD introduces reusable packaging

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E-commerce platform JD has launched a reusable packaging initiative to promote sustainable consumption. The new program offers JD’s customers the option of ordering reusable packaging for their small and medium-sized parcels, returning the green boxes to delivery personnel after receiving their order. The firm estimates the program can save RMB32.5 million (US$4.68 million) per year […]
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Retail Asia19/10/2018
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Research

Biodegradable Packaging Material Market Remains Highly Fragmented, with Tier 3 Players Collectively Foreseen

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Biodegradable packaging market witnessed moderate growth during 2013 to 2027, and the status quo is envisaged to prevail over the period of forecast 2018 to 2028, according to new Fact.MR study. Volume sales of biodegradable packaging are foreseen to record a modest 4.2% CAGR through 2028, which is anticipated to equal a market value in […]
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Retail Asia18/10/2018
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Food

McDonald’s Starts Reducing Plastic

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As part of McDonald’s initiative to use its scale to contribute to positive changes in the communities where it operates, Arcos Dorados – McDonald’s franchisee in Latin America and the Caribbean- will cease to offer plastic straws in its 2,100 restaurants across the region, from October 31. Straws will be provided only for those customers who […]
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Retail Asia06/09/2018
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Living

A Call to Stop Use of Plastic in Bali

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Java Mountain Coffee, a Jakarta-based social enterprise advocating for sustainable coffee farming, has called on the hospitality industry in Bali to avoid using plastic and aluminum coffee capsules in a bid to reduce pollution. Coffee capsule usage has grown five times faster than growth in coffee consumption globally between 2011 and 2016, Java Mountain Coffee said, […]
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Retail Asia16/08/2018
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Finance

Plastic industry hit hard by abrupt scrap import ban

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Vietnamese plastic firms are unable to import scrap following a ban by the government, and said costs are becoming unaffordable as a result. “We’ll lose $10 million this year if we cannot import plastic scrap for manufacturing,” Tran Vu Le, director of Le Tran Plastic, told a conference organized Tuesday by the Vietnam Plastic Association […]
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Retail Asia20/06/2018
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Living

One in five Australian Shoppers opposed to Plastic Bag ban

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One in five Aussie shoppers are opposed to retail giants Woolworths and Coles introducing bans on single-use plastic bags. While the bans have been welcomed by green groups and many shoppers, research by Canstar Blue shows 20 per cent don’t agree. Woolies introduces its ban on Wednesday, when the retail giant’s supermarkets, BWS, Metro and petrol outlets will stop […]
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Retail Asia02/04/2018
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General

Malaysia First to Offer Gold in Exchange for Recycled Plastics and Cans

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Malaysians will soon be the first to earn gold by recycling their plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Southeast Asian fintech firm HelloGold and Malaysia’s reverse-vending machine (RVM) company KLEAN are implementing a recycling scheme that offers Malaysians 0.00059 grams of investment-grade gold for each recycled plastic bottle and each aluminum can. Anyone can start earning […]
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Retail Asia02/10/2017
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Fashion

Recycled-plastic fabric launched by Esprit

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A special capsule collection for women and men featuring recycled-plastic fabric has been launched by Esprit. The Good Collection includes classics like a denim jacket, pencil skirt with straps, oversized sweatshirt with school logo, culottes, rain cape, bomber jacket, knit styles with humorous all-over letter print or striped longsleeves with the brand’s logo, as well […]
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