Waste as a Resource: Potentials & Limits [Events] Date: 31 Aug 2011, 2 – 3.30pm Speaker: Professor Rainer Stegmann Register at the SEI website Source: SEI
Singapore, 12 August 2011 – Some 6,000 Singaporean workers in the Waste Management industry are targeted to benefit from a new Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) programme for the Waste Management industry. These include workers such as Waste Collection Truck Drivers, Fleet and Route Coordinators, Waste Recycling workers, Plant Technicians and Managers.
Mr Lim Swee Say, Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress…
S$5m to boost productivity in waste management industry [News] By Saifulbahri Ismail, Channel NewsAsia, 12 Aug 2011. The waste management industry will get a S$5 million boost to raise productivity. The investments will be used to improve work processes for tasks like trash collection. For example, a bin equipped with Radio-Frequency (RFID) technology is able to record data such as…
1 Jul 2011 – To improve waste management in the hotel industry, the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) and National Environment Agency (NEA) have jointly launched the “3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Programme for Hotelsâ€, in conjunction with the Singapore Green Hotel Award 2011.
This initiative aims to help hotels achieve better waste management and increase waste recycling rates. This is part…
Incentives to Promote Recycling [News] By The Straits Times Households will be encouraged to recycle more through incentives given by waste-collection companies. The requirement to provide incentives, starting from July, will be stipulated when public waste collection contracts with companies are renewed. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim announced the incentive requirement when he spoke yesterday during the debate…
Business Material Exchange (Under Construction) Zero Waste Singapore is in the process of creating Singapore’s first Business Material Exchange (BMX). BMX is a free, online material exchange for businesses in Singapore. Think Freecycle for business. BMX helps your business find users for your surplus materials, unwanted items, waste and by-products that you normally disposed of. BMX may also be used…
Summary of Waste Issues in the Committee of Supply Debate 2009 The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, gave his speech at the annual Committee of Supply Debate yesterday in Parliament. Here’s a summary of the waste issues covered: The participation rate in the National Recycling Programme (NRP) has increased from 15% in 2001 to 63% in 2008.…