my colleague and business reporter mariko 0i. the plastic.urite packaging materials in the world. it is cheap and efficient for transporting goods, but only a fraction of it is recycled. and as an increasing number of consumers to man's green alternatives, some companies have been dreaming up fresh ways to combat waste. at least 8 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. one of the biggest culprits is the consumer goods industry, plastic packaging is often used just once before being thrown away. only 1096 of plastic in the world is actually recycled. that leaves 90% either been buried or burned or lost into the environment. now a number of companies are trying to stem the tide. british firm recycling technologies think this machine can bea game technologies think this machine can be a game changer. it takes difficult items like food wrappers, toothpaste tubes, coffee cups, and binliners, some very high to bridges, and breaks down the plastic to its raw material. at the end of the process you get something like this, an oil tha

our business reporter mariko 0i reports. training to be a pilot. inside and around an aircraft. for 28—year—old dean it was his childhood dream. when i was young i took a flight in new zealand and flew around the mountains. i was away from everything. it was fantastic. but it is competitive to get in. here in singapore, 600 apply for 60 spots annually. it is not cheap. up to 140,000 us dollars to com plete cheap. up to 140,000 us dollars to complete the course. many cadets, including 24—year—old —— this 24—year—old man pay for the training themselves. i think it is worth it for the investment. in the long one, this is my passion. and shame will likely get his money's worth because there is an acute shortage of pilots. boeing is forecasting that global airlines will need to hire 637,000 new pilots over the next 20 yea rs. 637,000 new pilots over the next 20 years. some 40% of that demand comes from asia. jeremy is back to look through the papers. before we do that, we are going to go through some of the tweets. we have been asking about fake news. t