SINGAPORE – A different breed of vending machine is set to make a resurgence here – rather than dispensing drinks, it is hungry for empty drink cans and plastic bottles. This “reverse vending machine” swallows such offerings and, in return, spits out money or coupons that can be used for Read more…
Using two kayaks made from re-purposed plastic bottles, two brothers paddledwhat has been called the most polluted river in the world. Gary and Sam Bencheghib made the nearly 200-mile journey down the Citarum River in Indonesia to raise awareness and document the extensive ecological devastation. The Citarum River is 40 miles east of Jakerta, Read more…
MANILA, Philippines – Global food and beverage giant Nestle vowed on Tuesday, September 26, to address allegations by Greenpeace that it was polluting the world’s oceans with cheap plastic packaging for its Philippine products. In a report released in Manila last week, the environmental group tagged the Philippines as the Read more…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world’s largest biomass producers, Mrs. Zurina Amnan, said Bionas would implement five blocks of 10,000 hectares in cultivating jathropa in five locations to produce biomass and biofuel. She said they planned to invest in waste-to-energy plant where 1,000 pound of garbage daily would Read more…
SINGAPORE – Grand Hyatt, a hotel near Orchard Road, has saved $100,000 a year, just by managing its waste. Instead of throwing food waste into the bin, the hotel staff transfer them into a machine known as the Biomax Thermophilic Digester. This technology recycles food waste such as vegetable, poultry, Read more…
EACH year over 12 hectares of land is needed to dump the 7,000 tonnes of waste generated in Selangor every day. The authorities are finding it hard to find replacement landfills, and are fast looking for alternatives for waste management. For years the country toyed with the idea of incinerators, Read more…
THE Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) is urged to strictly segregate the solid wastes being collected from every village for the efficient operation of the sanitary landfill in New Carmen Village, Tugbok District, while waiting for the establishment of a new sanitary dumpsite in the city. Alnulfo Read more…
Sabah Police Criminal Investigation Department Deputy Chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said the physical exhibits of previous crime cases, from 2002 to 2014, will be passed to a licensed contractor under the Environmental Department and shipped off to disposal sites in the peninsula or Sarawak. Jauteh hoped other district police offices Read more…
Late last month, the National Environment Management Agency (Nema) slapped a ban on the use of polythene bags — those one-time-use bags known in Thai as toong gobgaeb. With the ban that took effect after a six-month grace period, Nema put in place harsh and extreme measures to enforce it Read more…
JAKARTA – Indonesia comes into the world’s spotlight on waste disposal. Indonesia is currently the second country in the world to produce waste and pollute the environment and even the oceans. Therefore, the problem of waste in Indonesia is an important concern for the government. Although, during the time waste Read more…