YANGON- Under Japanese sponsorship ,Myanmar will be carrying out preservation of water waste and to generate energy from rubbish in Yangon, says Yangon Mayor Maung Maung Soe at the press conference held in Yangon City Hall yesterday.

MANY INVESTORS ARE BECOMING MORE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE)  FACILITY, AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) APPROVED THE COUNTRY’S FIRST WTE FACILITY LAST YEAR IN PALAWAN. Several planned WTE facility projects followed such as the planned WTE facility in Cebu that is being eyed by a Chinese firm; the WTE facility at the […]

THE CAMBODIAN government is seeking a private partner to invest in a waste to energy plant to be developed in Phnom Penh. Reports in Phnom Penh Post said the government had asked the Ministry of Mines and Energy to look into this. The city generates more than 3,000 tonnes of rubbish daily and is currently […]

HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the construction of three plants to generate electricity from waste using advanced technologies, and work on them will start in September and October, according to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the department’s director, Nguyễn Toàn Thắng, said the plants are expected […]

KOTA KINABALU: Two Japanese firms, with interest in renewable biomass energy, are expected to invest close to RM300 million in Sabah’s Lahad Datu Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC). One of the firms is expected to sign the lease agreement with POIC on Dec 3 in Tokyo. The other, F Bit Communications Corporation, will do the […]

The Housing and Local Government Ministry is looking to tap the mountains of plastic trash in the country as an alternative fuel and source for producing cement, it was recently reported. The minister stated that the technology known as processed engineered fuel (PEF) could help the government cut down the illegal plastic garbage pile nationwide, adding […]

The Indonesian government has targeted four cities in Java island to build incineration facilities this year to tackle the country’s plastic waste crisis. Environmentalists say burning waste to generate electricity is not a sustainable solution to the issue, and will only add more problems, including the emission of toxic gases. They instead suggest tackling the […]

METRO Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWM), operator of the country’s first and only engineered sanitary landfill, said it is eyeing to start constructing next year its $210-million waste-to-energy facility in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac as part of its efforts in venturing into renewable energy generation in the Philippines. MCWM President Rufo Colayco said […]

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has issued the guidelines on the establishment and operation of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the treatment of municipal solid waste in the country. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu recently signed DENR administrative order 2019-21 which contained the guidelines for the WTE establishment. “We hope that we […]

The Ministry of Economic and Finance on Tuesday announced it is looking at processes of turning waste into energy as a partial solution to the country’s alarming levels of waste production. For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia . In a meeting Tuesday officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the […]