SINGAPORE – An upcoming integrated waste treatment facility in Tuas will be the first infrastructure project by a statutory board here that will be financed through green bonds, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Tuesday (Aug 17).

SINGAPORE — Two Singaporean students have made it to the global finals of the Google Science Fair for their project which seeks to find a possible source of renewable energy from food waste — such as sugarcane pulp sourced at hawker centres here. Chosen from a shortlist of 100 regional entries, Emma Tan and Jenevieve […]

STAG HILL, UNITED KINGDOM, FEB 4, 2020 — A University of Surrey project that aims to convert wastewater into nutrient rich fertilizer is leading the way on improving the health and prosperity of rapidly urbanizing areas in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The Newton Prize is an annual £1 million fund developed to showcase how UK […]

JAKARTA, July 30 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% – known as B40 – is back on schedule with a target for implementation by July 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said on Thursday. Indonesia, which has been increasing the palm oil content of its […]

U.S. manufacturer of household cleaning supplies SC Johnson and environmental organization Plastic Bank will open several plastic recycling centers in Indonesia, offering locals tokens for waste collection, according to a press release published Sunday, Oct. 28. SC Johnson, which owns such brands as Glade, Ziploc and Mr. Muscle, has revealed recent scientific data on the […]

MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday urged the Senate to pass a measure allowing the use of waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies to help solve the country’s garbage problem.

Hanoi (VNA) – Adjustments have been made to biomass power prices under the Prime Minister’s Decision No.08/2020/QD-TTg on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Decision No.24/2014/QD-TTg dated March 24, 2014. Accordingly, the prices will range from 1,634 – 1,968 VND (0.07 – 0.08 USD) per kWh, exclusive of added value tax.

Vietnam will lower tariffs on ethanol imports to 15pc for all grades from 10 July, though fuel ethanol trade seems unlikely to increase. The change cuts tariffs from 17pc for 100pc pure ethanol and 20pc for 99pc or below for any country that does not have a free trade agreement with Vietnam.

Some 25.5 million tons of waste are generated annually and five treatment methods are used — burning to generate electricity, turning it into micro-organic fertilizers, burial, gasification, and incineration – officials said at a recent conference held by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. More than 75 percent is buried, but only 30 percent […]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) recently proposed a draft decision amending decision No. 24 of 2014 on support mechanisms for the development of biomass power projects in Vietnam. The draft decision, among other revisions, proposes increasing feed-in-tariffs (FiT) for biomass power projects. Under the draft decision, tariffs at the delivery point […]