JAKARTA, Feb 7, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – A bioconversion waste processing facility, which uses the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) as its biological agent, has opened at Cibubur Rest Area, Jakarta. The rest area is managed by Korindo Group subsidiary PT Bimaruna Marga Jaya and is the first in Indonesia to own […]
Singapore, Feb 6, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu, inaugurated ABRABLAST Singapore’s first recycled glass abrasive manufacturing plant in Abraclean (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd at 46 Pioneer Sector 2, Singapore 628396. Present for the launch were Gurmit Singh, Chairman- Abraclean and Colonel (Ret) Lau Kee […]
THE organics industry said it advocates minimizing waste as a response to climate change, an approach that requires food waste to be minimized and plant-based diets to be embraced. At the Organics Fair on Thursday staged by the Mother Earth Foundation (MEF), MEF said it aims to promote “positive ripple effects in catalyzing action for […]
RESOLVING the problem of plastic waste that has been harming the environment must start with reducing the amount of plastic produced for consumer goods, a global network of environmental groups said on Tuesday. “We cannot solve that plastic pollution crisis without reducing virgin plastic production, especially single-use plastics,” said Nicholas Mallos, Ocean Conservancy Vice President […]
PRIME Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PWS), a subsidiary of tycoon Enrique K. Razon Jr.-led Prime Infra, has completed its acquisition of Cebu-based ARN Central Waste Management Inc. (ACI). The acquisition was sealed during a ceremonial signing of the share purchase agreement on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at the Prime Infra office in Pasay City. Present […]
HONG KONG, Jan 16, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Baguio Green Group Limited (“Baguio” or the “Company”, Stock Code: 01397.HK) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2-year service contract worth approximately HK$37 million, by the Environmental Protection Department (“EPD”) of the HKSAR Government for the provision of food waste […]
Installing garbage traps in the rivers and creeks is a good move because they can help prevent trash from going to the sea. These devices are helpful in urban areas like Cebu City because they can prevent a large volume of waste and debris from entering larger bodies of water during a downpour. Cebu City […]
SUBSIDIARIES of AC Logistics Holdings Corp. and Ayala Land Hotels and Resorts Corp. (ALHRC) signed an agreement for the transport, handling, and management of hospital and hazardous waste across the latter’s resorts in El Nido, Palawan. In a press release on Thursday, AC Logistics said Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI), its waste management company, forged […]
A COMPANY based in Australia has proposed to the Cebu City Government the construction of a US$1 million modular waste-to-energy (WTE) facility that it claims can clean tons of waste that are still stuck in the closed Inayawan Sanitary Landfill. The NRG Group Australia stated in its unsolicited proposal that it will build the WTE […]
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama sees the impending acquisition of Filipino billionaire businessman Enrique Razon’s firm of a local waste management company as a positive development in the quest to solve the city’s garbage issue. If ever the Razon group would enter a business deal with the City Government, Rama said in a press conference […]
THE garbage management system of Cebu City might see an overhaul as Filipino businessman and billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr. pours in investment to modernize a local waste management company. Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (Piwsi), a Prime Infra subsidiary, is set to fully acquire ARN Central Waste Management Inc., which currently receives around 1,000 […]
Walking through the aisles of grocery stores, one patent is that most products are packaged with plastics. After all, aside from providing convenience, plastics have brought consumer goods at a cheap cost like those that come in tiny packets. But a great dependence on single-use plastics such as multi-layer sachets and pouches, according to World […]
UNIVERSAL Robina Corp. (URC) announced on Wednesday that it opened two more collection sites as part of its recycling initiative. The news sites located in Sambat in Balayan, Batangas, and Nagasi in La Carlota, Negros Occidental are collecting used bottles and recyclable plastic waste. URC said that around 281 kilos of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles […]
MEMBERS of the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO 7) hauled tons of garbage during a river cleanup in Barangays Day-as, Parian and T. Padilla in Cebu City on Thursday, September 15, 2022.They were assisted by officials of the three barangays and members of the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Department of Public Works […]
FRENCH shipping company CMA CGM Group and social enterprise Plastic Flamingo on Thursday said they have renewed a partnership to reuse trash and ease plastic pollution in Metro Manila. In three years, the project aims to collect and reuse 600 metric tons of plastic waste from the streets, coastlines and the Pasig River in the […]
FOOD manufacturer Mondelez International has partnered with Megaworld Corp. for a waste collection initiative involving the latter’s malls. The new partnership launched on Aug. 17 will involve a year-long waste collection drive in five Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, particularly Eastwood Mall, Lucky Chinatown Mall, McKinley Hall, Uptown Bonifacio, and Arcovia City. The collection drive began on […]
GOKONGWEI-LED Universal Robina Corp. (URC) launched a program that will collect, recover and divert plastic trash as part of its long-term goal of achieving plastic neutrality. “We are aiming to make lasting, concrete changes on an institutional level, in a way that affects all operations and demonstrates our resolve as a world-class manufacturer,” URC President […]
METRO CLARK Waste Management Corp. (MCWM) announced that it completed its expansion project at its landfill facility in Kalangitan in Clark, Pampanga as part of its efforts to meet the country’s growing waste disposal requirements. “The country’s first engineered sanitary landfill was expanded to fulfill MCWM’s mission to provide world-class waste disposal services to more […]
One only has to look at the number of personal care items used in a day to become concerned about the volume of plastic waste that is being generated by every person. Although citizens and corporations are becoming more environmentally conscious, not many consumer goods or cosmetics companies have made a strong push to reduce […]
By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan LEGISLATION that will hold plastics producers accountable for managing the life cycle of their products will make companies conscious of the possible legal fallout from acting irresponsibly, but curbs on imports and production may ultimately be needed, environmental advocates said. “If properly and fully implemented the law has significant potential […]