At the opening of the CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (CESS) Catalyst 2019, Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, provided key updates on the transformation efforts of the environmental services industry. CESS 2019 was...
Thai renewable Energy producer, Energy Absolute, has created an electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary, Mine Mobility, which launched its first passenger electric car in June 2019. The company has already received more than 4,500 orders for the car, including orders of...
The city of Hoi An in Vietnam has introduced 30 battery-powered cars as part of the city authority’s efforts to go green. These cars are being used to carry local residents and tourists moving around in the city’s old quarter, providing an alternative to...
Scatec Solar, a Norwegian firm, and its partners have connected the 65 MW (DC) Jasin plant to the grid. This is the second of three 65 MW solar plants being built by Scatec Solar in Malaysia. The Jasin plant is located in the southwest of Peninsular Malaysia and is...
The Mayor of Baguio City in the Philippines recently ordered the City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) to craft a program for the upgrading and expansion of the Baguio Sewage Treatment Plant (BSTP) at South Sanitary Camp barangay which is now a 32-year old...
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore launched a new research facility that turns waste from the NTU campus into electricity and resources. The facility, located in Tuas South hosts a slagging gasification plant...
On Environment Day, 5 June, Tesco Lotus and Central Group, two of the largest retail chains in Thailand, announced new measures to strengthen their commitment to reducing plastic use in their operations. The corporate affairs director of Tesco Lotus announced that the...
On 21 June, nine companies operating in the consumer goods and packaging industries in Vietnam came together to launch the coalition Packaging Recycling Organization Vietnam (PRO Vietnam) in Ho Chi Minh City. PRO Vietnam is meant to drive recycling efforts in the...
Google will provide training, funding and assistance to Gringgo Indonesia Foundation to develop artificial intelligence (AI) as a means to sort and reduce plastic waste. The Bali-based organization is among 20 NGOs from 12 countries selected for the Google AI Impact...
Veolia Services Indonesia, the France-based global waste management company, is building the largest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or bottle-to-bottle recycling and reprocessing factory in Pasuruan district, East Java. This is a continuation of a Memorandum of...
The Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources in Malaysia is planning a comprehensive Water Resource Bill to tackle water pollution. The national level bill is meant to address the management, control and enforcement of water resources throughout the country....
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now requiring all establishments within the Manila Bay region to connect to existing sewer lines or set up their own sewerage treatment plants (STP) to ensure that wastewater is properly collected and...
