The Weight of Plastic is a community-made installation created by members of PA Sri Sarawak, Sri Hang Tuah, and Sri Selangor, and led by the Hara Makers Team. Using reclaimed…
Introducing custom matching keychain from upcycled plastic! Each piece is crafted from single use plastic bags and food packaging! Special price on #VegFest5 With @veghub.my. Source: Information obtained from hara.makers
Due to continuous rain over the past few days, the water levels at Sungai Keroh were quite high this morning, making river cleanup too risky. Instead, we switched gears and…
This past Saturday was a testament to what we can achieve for our environment with collective effort, thanks to the incredible Subsea7 team, alongside every volunteer who lent their hands…
河水经过一夜的降雨，水流显得湍急，却冲不掉卡在石头空隙间的塑料残体。想猛力一拉，却差点坐跌在冰冷的河水中。Hara Makers联合创办人王美玲和团队风雨不改每个周六都会到泗岩沫的SungaiKeroh净净河。“你真的是无法想象，到底我们的河流承載些什么”每次谈到净河，王美玲除了慨叹，就是满满的无奈写满脸。《科学杂志》研究显示，大马是“第8大海洋塑料污染国”。2010年管理不善的塑料垃圾达94万吨，其中14万至37万吨最终的归属是海洋。马来西亚研究、普询河科技中心（CREATE）智库执行总监黄颖欣认为，塑料非万恶，如果使用了对的塑料，就不会有机会，或者大大降低流到海洋，变成塑料垃圾的几率。大马的减塑政策哪里出了问题？减塑的重担是政府一方面承担吗？留守下一集。 继续阅读 ≫
To many consumers, bread tags, single-use plastic bags, food wrappers and three-in-one coffee packets are nothing more than rubbish. But Hung Bee Ling – co-founder of social enterprise Hara Makers – knows…
Hara Makers, a social enterprise, has upcycled around 500kg of plastic waste through its Reimagine Plastic project. The group also conducts weekly cleanups at Sungai Keroh.
尽管市面上充斥许多据称是“可降解”的塑料袋，但减塑创客Hara Makers提醒，这当中可能有误导，一些“可降解”塑料袋不仅不能完全降解，且一点也不环保。 该组织联合创办人王美玲告诉马新社，她拿市面上一些据称“可降解”的塑料袋进行观察实验后发现，塑料袋最终是变成碎片，不能完全降解。 “可降解塑料袋其实不环保，时间久了会裂解成许多细小碎片，在泥土里也不能完全降解，没办法回归大自然。” 她说，将这些塑料碎片弃之不顾会对环境、海底生物和人体带来负面影响，因为留在土壤会造成污染，若在海里进入鱼腹中，又被人吃进肚里并留在体内。 王美玲为此授招，民众可用2层塑料袋将碎片夹在中间铺平，然后隔着烘焙纸或麻将纸用熨斗烫平封起来即可，有助减少塑料碎片污染。此举能让塑料碎片获得新生充作新用途，更利于回收。 Hara Makers另一名联合创办人徐丽昀感叹，人们制造垃圾的速度太快了，尤其是今年实施行动管控令期间，外卖和网购量大增，塑料垃圾也暴增，包括快递的泡泡膜，这些塑料袋最棘手之处是胶纸和油污，为回收和升级再造增加了难度。 继续阅读 ≫