NOVEMBER 20 — First off, congratulations are in order for the Selangor state government for finally approving the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) facility next to the Jeram landfill in Kuala Selangor. This will include a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant, a recycling plant, anaerobic digestion plant, compost plant, construction waste recycling Read more…
Food wastage in Singapore remains a subject of concern. In just 10 years, the amount of food waste generated increased by more than 40 per cent while the amount of food recycling has risen by just 5 per cent. More focus can be placed on how we manage our food Read more…
ONLY 10% of Kuala Lumpur folk are carrying out waste separation, according to Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation Federal Territories director Ismail Mohamed. “So far, we have brought 39 cases to court, submitted 21 investigation papers and issued 34 notices of misconduct in waste separation. Kuala Lumpur City Read more…
Doranova from Finland has teamed up with Binh Duong Water Supply Sewerage Environment Co., Ltd. (BIWASE) to implement the second phase of a waste-to-energy project in Vietnam. In the first phase, another Finnish company provided waste separation lines on the same site. According to Mikko Saalasti, head of renewable energy Read more…
With the mounds of garbage lying uncollected in many urban areas, imagine what would happen if county governments could manage it better at the tap of a button. Sounds far-fetched? Not really, because 23-year-old Abraham Mwaura, a fourth-year student at the Technical University of Mombasa, has created an application known Read more…
THE Kuala Lumpur Tak Nak Incinerator (KTI) Action committee is considering a peaceful protest if the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Taman Beringin, Kuala Lumpur project is approved. They will even consider taking legal action should the said project goes ahead. KTI chairman Lee Chong Tek said the group, who Read more…
PUTRAJAYA: The government will immediately cancel the approved permits (AP) of companies which failed to comply with regulations on the importation of plastic wastes, said Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar. He said the move was decided after the ministry found that several companies had Read more…
Experts at the recent Beyond Plastic Pollution in Sydney, Australia, shared numerous solutions to tackle one of the most intractable environmental challenges today: Marine plastic litter. Here are the five most inspiring ideas. Almost all of the world’s newly-manufactured plastic ends up as waste or marine litter, when it could Read more…
Cigarette butts — used cigarette filters — are a lingering pollution hazard because they mainly contain cellulose acetate which is non-biodegradable. However, the cellulose acetate makes them an attractive starting material for valorisation to porous carbons. Such valorization is in line with the current trend to move away from coal-based Read more…
The latest effort sees Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) and Sirim Bhd introducing a system to turn food scrap into biogas to generate electricity. It also presents Sirim’s new line of biodegradable packaging as a solution to the no-plastic bag policy. The KeTTHA-Sirim campaign encompasses four food courts Read more…