The Penang State Government, in collaboration with Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) and Think City, a social purpose organization, has launched Kebun Kita(r), Penang’s first self-sustaining community urban farm. It is a 2,000-square foot farm aiming to supply...
Thailand’s Ministry of Industry announced plans to develop a new technology that enables the extraction of rare-earth metals from recycled industrial and household waste to serve high-tech industries. The Department of Primary Industries and Mines (DPIM) has...
Nestle Philippines and cement manufacturer, CEMEX Holdings Philippines, inked a partnership agreement to divert plastic waste laminates away from landfills in Cebu province by collecting and co-processing them in cement kilns. Under the partnership, Nestle Philippines...
A new directive from Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for strengthening the management of clean water production and trading activities in Vietnam, urging ministries, agencies and stakeholders to complete legal frameworks and adopt new models...
The Indonesian government inaugurated a waste-to-energy power plant in Cilacap, Central Java, worth USD 6 million. The refuse-derived fuel (RDF) facility is a pilot project to improve Indonesia’s waste management and smoothen the country’s transition from coal to...
Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP), a state-owned company that manages water supply in Penang has outlined three contingency plans under its Penang Water Supply Initiative 2050 (PWSI 2050) that will be implemented from 2021 onwards to ensure the security of the...
Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek has joined hands with Bayer’s investment arm, Leaps by Bayer, to form a new company and develop vegetable seed varieties that are suited for indoor vertical farming. The new company, Unfold, has raised USD 30 million in its...
Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) has announced plans to develop a 240-km canal from Chai Nat province to the Gulf of Thailand. Construction work is expected to start in 2022 and is estimated to be complete in 10 years. The USD 3.2 billion project...
Grundfos Philippines launched its Prefabricated Pumping Stations (PPS) in the Philippines to help the country’s increasing needs for flood and wastewater management. With the Philippines’ government starting to address the flood and water sanitation issues,...
The UOL Group. one of Singapore’s leading property development companies, will redevelop the Pan Pacific Orchard hotel into a biophilic and zero-waste 347 room hotel. This will be done with the help of a USD 120 million three-year green loan, granted by United...
The Rayong Provincial Administration Organization, as one of three provinces where the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is located, has requested new funds from the EEC Policy Committee to enhance wastewater treatment in Pluak Daeng district and the province’s...
The Ministry of Construction has announced a national action plan on green growth covering the 2020-2030 period and focusing on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in construction materials production, construction works, urban areas and technical infrastructure...
