ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE IN SINGAPORE

By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

SINGAPORE, June 28 (Bernama) – The International Solid Waste Association
(Iswa) will establish a training, advisory and promotion (TAP) centre for
environment and waste management in the republic.

The TAP Centre, which will be Iswa’s first-of-its kind training centre
outside Europe, where the association is based, will be a key hub for
sustainable waste management in Asia.

The centre will serve as a depository of knowledge and data, and catalyst
for regional collaboration and public-private partnerships in the region.

Iswa Monday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Waste
Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) and Singapore’s
National Environment Agency (NEA) to set up the centre.

The MoU was signed by Iswa president Dr Atilio Savino, WMRAS chairman Goh
Swee Ooi and NEA chief executive officer Andrew Tan at the Iswa-WMRAS Technical
Workshop 2010, held in conjunction with the World Cities Summit at Suntec here.

With this agreement, WMRAS, Iswa and NEA will promote sustainable waste
management and optimise the value of waste as a resource among industry and
practitioners in Singapore and the region.

Asia is currently generating about one million tonnes of wastes daily, and
this is expected to increase exponentially to 1.8 million tonnes daily by 2025,
said NEA.

Savino said he was confident that this ambitious project could become a
global best practice, with Asia as an excellent building ground.

-- BERNAMA




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