MOST of Perth’s municipal and commercial waste might soon be trucked to Premier Mark McGowan’s seat of Rockingham for waste-to-energy incineration. A 20-year landmark deal was made on Wednesday night by the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council for all its residual waste — 120,000 tonnes a year — to be sent Read more…
A Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) representative said the company would look into the rubbish, left along the side of Jalan Sultan Abdullah over the past three months by motorists who had stopped by the roadside to have their meals, even though there are two trash bins Read more…
For the first time in a dozen years, Sihanoukville has a new waste management company, and it has already started collecting trash ahead of the Pchum Ben holiday. After a one-month bidding process, Sihanoukville officials on Friday awarded a 10-year contract to newcomer waste management firm KSWM (Kampong Som Waste Read more…
Bengaluru – It is unlikely that garbage woes in the city will be resolved at the earliest as every effort intended towards introducing transparency and reforms in the solid waste management sector — be it introduction of biometric attendance for pourakarmikas or mechanical sweepers — is yet to take off. Read more…
Maldives’ pledge came at the 2nd Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities which ended in Bangkok with governments resolved to move towards a pollution free region, highlighting the urgency of addressing marine litter and micro plastics. becoming the 26th country, globally, to do so. Maldives’ pledge came at the 2nd Read more…
The usage of products from the technology or even the automobile industry for example will yield a necessary by-product: waste that can then be processed by recyclers and will then be reused again and reintroduced into the product lifecycle or be processed into a commodity that can be sold to Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s already soaring plastic demand may rise even further as the government plans to ban waste-plastic imports by the end of this year, which will curb domestic plastic recycling. The expected increase in plastic demand highlights the consequences of China’s pollution fight and its efforts to modernise Read more…
NO compounds have been issued to joint management bodies and management committees of high-rise residential buildings since the enforcement period for the waste segregation at source policy started on Sept 1. Penang Island City Council (MBPP) Urban Services director Mubarak Junus said officers visited 224 high-rise schemes and 88 failed Read more…
The producer of Aqua and Swedish clothing giant Hennes & Mauritz, better known as H&M, is working together to recycle plastic bottles into fashion products. “We realize that the solution for the plastic waste problem in Indonesia must be solved through multi-stakeholder collaboration,” said Corine Tap, the President Director of Read more…
The government of Queensland on Tuesday stepped up its war on waste with the passage of a bill in parliament that will ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags and give refunds to people for recycling their empty beverage containers. The government of Queensland on Tuesday stepped up its war Read more…