#waste-to-energy Berita
Building these facilities is now the government's strategy to waste disposal, though some have called the move misguided. Speakers at the Kuala Lumpur premiere of Eco-Business's film 'Wasted' called for the focus to be on education instead.
Social entrepreneur Resa Boenard has set up Indonesia’s first alliance for women waste pickers, who work on Southeast Asia’s largest landfill. The group will enable women to sell recyclables directly to buyers, boosting their income from a patriarchal trade.
Studio EB
Recycled plastic has trust issues. Better traceability systems are needed to weed out fraud from the post-consumer plastic trade and fairly reward the people who collect trash for a living.
Using misleading recycling symbols, the plastics industry has duped regulators and consumers into believing in the circularity of plastic, a study by Planet Tracker finds. The non-profit warns investors of plastic liability risks.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Bio-briquettes tackle India’s climate, pollution and poverty challenges
#waste-to-energy Opini
The focus of Delhi’s existing solid waste management policies is not on curtailing ever-increasing consumption and production but making waste invisible or incinerating it for profit.
There is still ambiguity in how penalties for bad waste management are enforced. The lack of data on the waste being imported into Malaysia makes it difficult for authorities to assess the risks associated with transboundary waste imports.
Increased government and corporate accountability, including the full implementation of the EPR law and more investment into upcycling innovations, are equally critical to create a more sustainable waste management ecosystem in Singapore.
Several provinces may be investing too much in incineration, overlooking improvements in waste sorting and recycling.
Sampah
The plastic pandemic
#waste-to-energy Video
Studio EB
Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
Studio EB
Why is Singapore's domestic recycling rate so abysmal? Little cameras were hidden in the blue bins around the country to find out how people are recycling—or not.
Ever wondered what happens to the trash that goes into those blue recycling bins? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how Singapore's trash is prepped for recycling.
After China banned waste imports, Malaysia has taken up the slack with worrying consequences, a Greenpeace investigation has found. Much of Malaysia's imported trash—most of which comes from the US, UK and Japan—is not recycled, but dumped or burned.
#waste-to-energy Rilis Pers
GAIA Asia Pacific
Extinguishing waste-to-energy incineration myths
Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd
Blue Planet announces flagship Singapore investment with the acquisition of leading waste player Wah & Hua
Equis Development Pte. Ltd
Equis Development Pte Ltd completes capital raising for Korean waste to energy platform
The Reneum Institute
The Reneum Institute issues first batch of renewable energy tokens
#waste-to-energy Riset
Eden Strategy Institute, LLP
Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore
Singapore International Water Week
SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?
