CHANGZHOU, China: Global sewage and water treatment firms are eyeing opportunities in an unsavoury place: a growing pile of waste in China, the world’s most populous nation. The country has been for years battling contamination from fertilizer run-offs, heavy metals Read more…
EVERY day, tonnes of food is thrown away in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, equivalent to the load of a 32-tonne truck. To reduce the amount of waste in landfills, Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) introduced a pilot project in 2009 to Read more…
PETALING JAYA: More hotels in the city centre are participating in food rescue programmes by donating surplus food not served at the buffet line to feed the needy. Food Aid Foundation operations director Hayati Ismail said cooked food rescued from Read more…
WASTE management company KDEB Waste Management Sdn Bhd has promised to solve the irregular rubbish collection problem in the Selayang municipality in two months’ time. Its general manager, Ramli Mohd Tahir, said the company would give Selayang Municipal Council 32 Read more…
Beijing now incinerates the majority of its unsorted household rubbish to address its sprawling landfills and as a more environmental friendly way to treat waste, city authorities said. At least 60% of the city’s household waste is now incinerated or Read more…
Hundreds of abandoned coal mine pits in Borneo reflect institutional failures and utter neglect from owners. And now, the life and health of surrounding communities are at stake. A vast pool of dark green water, about the size of a Read more…
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka disposes of the majority of its solid waste in landfills. This practice is cheap, but it comes with hidden costs, the most recent example being the landslide at Meethotamulla. Many low-income and developing countries use landfills Read more…
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Greetings from the Waste Management Association of Malaysia! We are pleased to inform that WMAM will be organizing the 4th Waste Management Association of Malaysia (WMAM) Annual Conference on the 6th & 7th April 2017 with the theme “Holistic Waste Read more…
Stay tuned for more information about the Congress!