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Vietnam, Bangladesh and Cambodia are building chemical textile-recycling capacity as EU Extended Producer Responsibility deadlines reshape apparel export markets.
Japanese and Korean buyers have signed long-term offtake agreements with Australian and Gulf hydrogen producers, formalising import corridors that were largely theoretical just two years ago.
New large-scale battery recycling plants in China, South Korea and Indonesia begin operation as the region's earliest electric vehicles reach retirement, with collection remaining the main hurdle.
As flat land grows scarce and costly, Asian economies are floating solar arrays on reservoirs and hydropower lakes, reshaping where renewable energy gets built.
Southeast Asian energy regulators are working toward aligned minimum efficiency standards for room air conditioners, a step aimed at curbing the region's fastest-growing source of electricity demand.
Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have reactivated joint haze-monitoring channels and peatland fire-prevention measures ahead of a forecast dry stretch over Sumatra and Borneo.
Indonesia pushed installed geothermal capacity past 2.7 GW and opened a 12-field tender, sharpening Asia's effort to replace coal baseload with firm renewable heat.
Asia has installed solar at a staggering pace. The harder problem now is what to do with that power when the sun isn't shining — and storage is where the race has moved.
Tokyo carbon market hits 4.2M tonnes weekly, China's 4-hour storage mandate for solar projects above 100 MW, Indonesian nickel satellite data flagging 18,400 hectares cleared, Singapore's $400M coal-retirement vehicle.
A 600 MW offshore wind farm reaches FID with a USD 2.7 billion budget and a 25-year PPA at USD 0.084/kWh.
Japan's food waste program saves 2 million tons in 2025, cutting annual waste to 5.2 million tons through retailer mandates and consumer apps.