HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Closed-loop organic waste processing technology and de-centralised waste processing are possible solutions for Vietnam’s organic waste problems, experts said at a discussion panel earlier this week. Huynh Kim Tuoc, Director of the Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB), said that de-centralised waste processing, in which waste would be processed on a smaller scale […]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 March) – The national government will start the construction of the waste-to-energy (WTE) project worth P2.5 billion in a 10-hectare property acquired by the City Government of Davao in Biao Escuela, Tugbok District by the third quarter this year, Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag said on Friday. Speaking during the Mindanao […]

Tokyo (VNA) – The Ministry of the Environment of Japan will partner with some localities and businesses in the country to assist Southeast Asian countries to build waste-to-energy facilities, as a way to export infrastructure in the environment field. The cooperation programme is expected to help around 10 cities stand out in treating wastes and […]

The government plans to auction three waste-to-energy projects this year, one in the West Java capital of Bandung and two more in Banten — Tangerang and South Tangerang – as part of the shift from fossil fuels to other sources of energy. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Director General Sutijastoto […]

KUANTAN, MALAYSIA—Companies and governments around the world are anxiously watching the fate of a sprawling industrial facility 30 kilometers north of this city on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. The 100-hectare Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) produces 10% of the world’s output of rare earth oxides (REOs), minerals needed in technologies including mobile phones, […]

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 […]

A S$40 million waste-to-energy research facility that converts rubbish collected from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) campus into electricity and other by-products was launched on May 27, 2019. Junn Loh reports. 27 May 2019 11:34AM (Updated: 27 May 2019 11:32PM) SINGAPORE: A S$40 million waste-to-energy research facility that converts rubbish collected from the Nanyang Technological […]

For the first time in Singapore, a district is launching its own zero-waste masterplan, with a concrete timeline for eliminating or drastically reducing the use of products such as plastic straws. Announced by Nee Soon GRC MP Louis Ng on Saturday, the masterplan in Nee Soon East spans two years, with a focus on several […]

PUTRAJAYA: Putrajaya has urged critics of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to be more receptive to the idea, even as the government moves to clean up the accumulated rubbish in the country. Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other individuals did not have a good perception of the WTE. WTE […]

SINGAPORE – Gardens by the Bay is one step closer towards going zero waste by adopting technology that converts trash to energy and a carbon-based product which may enhance plant growth. Energy provider SP Group has created a 6m-long enclosed system that will turn food waste, plastic and general waste into thermal energy at 650 deg […]