Better solutions are needed to solve Southeast Asia’s ever-increasing amount of waste.
The region – already responsible for a fifth of all rubbish produced globally – could generate more than 300 million tonnes of refuse annually by 2030, with plastic waste currently comprising a tenth of all discarded matter created.
Much of this increase can be attributed to urbanisation and economic growth within the region, as well as its rising population, which has increased by almost 25 per cent over the last two decades to over
