As the nation’s battle against food waste intensifies, the authorities are making sure they know their enemy better. In December, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is expected to start a waste audit of shopping malls, hotels, supermarkets, hawker centres, food manufacturing and food catering establishments, as well as food warehouses. Read more…
Batanghari River is no longer as clean and clear as it was 18 years ago when I was a child. Yes, the longest river in Sumatra is now muddy, dirty, and polluted, joining hundreds of other rivers throughout Indonesia that have long contained harmful chemicals. Research by the Indonesian Ministry Read more…
In a workshop in downtown Chang Mai, Thailand, designers turn plastic trash–mostly plastic bags they collect from the street–into marble-like coasters and tabletops. In a maker space in Lviv, Ukraine, designers use DIY equipment hacked from old industrial parts and a shopping cart to recycle plastic trash into bowls. In Read more…
Back in 2015, Malaysia had taken the major step to develop an electronic waste (e-waste) management, the first in South East Asia, after it was revealed that Malaysia is estimated to generate 53 million pieces of e-waste by 2020. During the launch of the Household E-Waste Management in the Malaysia Read more…
Now that China has shut its borders to international recycling imports, it could be time for countries to take responsibility for their own trash, said experts at a recent waste management event in Singapore last week. Dr Chindarat Taylor, vice president of the Solid Waste Association of Thailand, said that Read more…
Just a decade ago, Kendari was among the filthiest cities in Indonesia. Bins overflowed with bags of mouldy rice, rotting food scraps and plastic bottles. Reeking garbage was burned or left uncollected on the streets for weeks, attracting flies and roaches. But today, the city of half a million people Read more…
The five-year project commenced last year with aid from a $100 million World Bank loan. Benefits of the project include providing water resource information for inclusive decision- making affecting people living by the river and supporting the development of water-related organisations, laws and procedures. “After project design and calling for Read more…
RUBBISH piling up near Jalan Othman in Petaling Jaya is worsening, said a resident. The resident said the increasing volume of rubbish had attracted rodents and cockroaches. “Even with on-time rubbish collection, it does not solve the problem as residents in this area accumulate rubbish quickly. “Until the next collection, Read more…
Two years after ISWA’s Report “Wasted Health: The tragic case of dumpsites” that described the linkages between the world’s dumpsites and human health, a new landmark report that was published recently by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health reveals that pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year. This Read more…
CLEAN-tech company Syn Dynamics Australia has partnered with Papua New Guinea’s Total Waste Management to develop its first commercial scale plant to turn hazardous carbon-based waste materials into a high-value synthetic gas known as syngas. Having now been incorporated, the 50-50 JV plans to install and operate the waste treatment Read more…