Thai Oil Plc, Thailand’s biggest oil refiner by capacity, has officially launched its Clean Fuel Project (CFP), which aims at increasing its oil refining capacity from 275,000 barrels per day to 400,000 barrels per day, allowing also to increase product value by...
Lack of rainfall and flooding this year has caused one of the worst drought and water scarcity conditions in Vietnam in 30 years. The government has urged southern provinces in Mekong Delta to be on the watch for developments of drought and salt intrusion and put in...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) and with the support of the Government of Denmark, launched an initiative for the development of Indonesia’s first national strategy...
Sabah, a state located in east Malaysia, has announced plans to use technology to convert waste from the timber industry into biodegradable plastics in a venture called Benta X Project. The venture is anticipated to produce 10 million tons of biodegradable plastics...
Republic Cement and Nestlé Philippines announced that they have expanded their partnership which started in 2019 on reducing plastic waste. In 2019, Nestle Philippines which was tagged as the worst polluter of the Manila bay, tapped Republic Cement for the...
The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) in Singapore has set up a new SG Eco Office, which will serve as the central body driving and coordinating sustainability initiatives across communities in Singapore. The office will develop holistic...
On 6 March 2020, the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee of Thailand endorsed the water management plans for both the short and long terms. The EEC currently is Thailand’s current flagship project spanning Chon Buri, Rayong, and Chachoengsao...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build public private in plastic waste management collaboration towards a circular economy was signed in Hanoi on 19 February 2020. This agreement was signed between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Dow Chemical...
The West Java administration is going to build struct waste treatment sites that turn plastic into diesel fuels and raw plastic materials. The project is supported by Plastic Energy, a United Kingdom-based plastic processing company. It is currently in the phase of...
Nextgreen Global Bhd, one of the leading printing companies in Malaysia has decided to extend a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) initially signed in November 2018 with Japanese IHI Corp and Nomura Holdings Inc for another year. The MoU aims to explore collaboration...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is investing around PHP 1.1 billion (USD 27.1 million) over a period of three years to rehabilitate five esteros (estuaries) in Manila, in support of government efforts to clean-up waterways that drain out to Manila Bay....
In February 2020, the Singapore parliament passed the Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import And Transit) Amendment Bill to comply with amendments to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel...
