On 29 August 2019, Singapore’s national water agency PUB opened a new water treatment plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks (CCKWW) that houses the largest ceramic membrane system in the world. CCKWW is one of Singapore’s oldest water treatment plants and was built...
Thailand and South Korea have announced a joint project for the development of electric buses. The project, which will be led by Korean automaker Edison Motors, involves 11 organizations from both countries. Thai players include the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, the...
According to Decision 50-NQ/TW issued by Vietnam’s Politburo, the country will prioritize selecting investments which employ Environment friendly and modern technologies. Projects using outdated and resource-intensive technologies which pose potential risks to...
About 3,000 tonnes of waste, which is supposed to be buried at Co Do District’s dumping sites in Can Tho City, will be burned to produce Energy on a trial basis with the assistance of the EB Environmental Energy Limited Company, investor of Cần Thơ waste-to-Energy...
The Indonesian government is looking to build waste-to-Energy plants in four cities – Jakarta, Surabaya, Bekasi and Solo – this year as an effort to solve the country’s plastic waste crisis. This is in line with the regulation issued in April last year...
ASEAN’s Sub-regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution, comprising Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, reached a consensus agreement to step up cooperative efforts in order to effectively address the...
Manila Water Philippine Ventures unit, Bulacan Aqua Estates, recently inaugurated an innovative treatment facility that will deliver as much as one million liters of clean, potable water per day—the Nanofiltration – Reverse Osmosis Hybrid Water Treatment Plant....
Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, announced on 17 July, 2019, that the Singapore government will spend SGD 400 million (USD 289 million) to upgrade and maintain drains over the next two years. Since 2011,...
In July 2019 SCG Chemicals and French company Ciel & Terre signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop floating solar system for hydro dams in Thailand. SCG Chemicals, part of the Siam Cement Group Public Company Limited, is one of the largest...
Indonesian State-Owned Enterprise Perum Jasa Tirta II (PJT II) signed an agreement with Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-Water), establishing a partnership concerning smart water management. PJT II manages two river areas covering 74 rivers and tributaries...
Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG), the petrochemical arm of Malaysian state-owned Energy company Petronas, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with London-based Plastic Energy Ltd to address the issue of plastic waste which cannot be recycled through conventional...
Marking their first major investment in a recycling plant in the region, Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Incorporated (CCBPI), Coca-Cola’s bottling arm, announced they will invest PHP 1 billion (USD 19.5 million) in a food-grade recycling facility in the Philippines,...
