05/09/2011 03:20
LANDFILLS are said to be the next gold mine. Prospectors are keen to mine old garbage dumps for valuable recyclables such as metals, plastics and rubber. These had ended up in dumps as waste separation and recycling were not the norm in the past, plus there was no recycling technology...
05/09/2011 03:15
You've heard of painting the town red, but what about painting the town white?
A group of New Yorkers are painting white the roofs of 20 buildings managed by the Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
“White roof painting is a strategy that...
05/08/2011 18:07
Reducing nitrogen pollution from wastewater treatment plants could be a triple win for business as well the environment, concluded a study published in Environmental Science & Technology.
Adding additional purification technologies to the existing infrastructure of wastewater...
05/08/2011 18:05
PUTRAJAYA, July 19 — Malaysia needs more registered electrical energy managers (REEMs) to advise companies on effective use of energy, says Energy Commission’s (EC) chief executive officer, Ahmad Fauzi Hasan.
He said currently there were 152 REEMs registered with the commission to assist...
01/07/2011 16:48
Colossal, mind-bogglingly hot and capable of spewing billowing clouds of flight-grounding smoke and searing, molten lava, volcanoes are spectacular displays of the massive forces at work inside our planet. Yet they are dwarfed by humans in at least one respect: their carbon dioxide...
01/07/2011 16:30
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui said less than 10 per cent of Malaysian companies adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda.
“Most of the rest already know how important this CSR is, but still they didn’t make it as business practices,” he...
16/05/2011 02:32
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is likely to be the first state to ban shark hunting for their fins in a bid to protect the marine creature.
The state government is now studying the legal aspects of the proposed ban which would require amendments to the State Wildlife Protection Ordinance with the aim of...
16/05/2011 02:29
SETIU: A local women's society is making a difference in Kampung Mangkok here by promoting the “no plastic bag” campaign among villagers and traders.
In cooperation with Nestle and World Wide Fund For Nature Malaysia, the village Women's Society took to the Penarik morning market on Friday to...
16/05/2011 02:24
PETALING JAYA: More than 8.5 million trees have been planted nationwide as of March, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas.
The planting was part of a nationwide “Green the Earth: One Citizen, One Tree” campaign that was launched in April last year to fight...
16/05/2011 02:16
THE public can bring their organic wastes to the Bagan Ajam market in Butterworth to have them turned into fertilisers within 24 hours.
Penang Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said a composting plant was recently set up at the market’s car park for...
