The Thai government has introduced a new policy which will require all new motorbikes sold in Thailand from 29 March 2020 to meet Euro 4 emission standards. A draft version of the law was approved by the Prime Minister’s cabinet in November 2019. Representatives...
Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, is planning to install 70 air monitoring stations by the end of this year, adding to the current 11 monitoring stations. The installation will be done by THT Development Co., Ltd, owned by South Korea’s DaeWoo E&C Vina company....
Grab and the Indonesian government have launched an Electric Vehicles (EV) Ecosystem Roadmap to accelerate EV adoption in Indonesia and create a more Environmentally sustainable transport network in the country. By 2025, Indonesia plans to have 2 million EVs on the...
Cypark Resources Bhd inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia’s leading chemical producer, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd, regarding possible collaboration on the development solid waste modular advanced recovery and treatment (SMART)...
Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) Yeo Bee Yin announced that a marine debris policy will be established by the government to holistically address plastic waste polluting the seas and beaches. Yeo highlighted...
The Philippines’ Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center has approved Iloilo City’s Integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM) Facility Project for Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF) support. Iloilo City’s integrated SWM project aims to have sustainable...
The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore announced in December 2019 that water-cooled chilled water systems in industrial facilities must conform to minimum energy efficiency requirements from 1 December 2020 onwards. An analysis of data submitted by...
The government of Thailand is setting up a water management command center to address water shortages, which could be the worst seen in the country for decades. The setting up of the command center is in line with Section 24 of the 2018 Water Act, which calls for the...
According to a report in VietnamPlus, Environment and Urban Company (URENCO) will implement a pilot project for plastic waste recycling in Danang through a partnership with EverGreen Labs. URENCO is a state-owned firm and one of the leading players in the waste...
The Energy Market Authority (EMA), the regulator of the electricity and gas industries; the Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources (MEWR); and SP Group, the sole electrical grid and gas grid operator in Singapore, announced three new initiatives on 5 November...
In October 2019 Thailand’s National Committee on Hazardous Substances voted to ban three toxic farm chemicals, two herbicides – paraquat and glyphosate – and a pesticide, chlorpyrifos. However, the decision follows protests by opposing farmers from...
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on an initiative to help islands in the province of Quang Ngai become carbon-free was signed on November 14 by the Quang Ngai People’s Committee, three companies of the Republic of Korea (SK Innovation, Doosan Heavy Industries and...
