Singapore Green Landscape 2010
December 30, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Resources
Singapore Green Landscape 2010 gives an overview of the various non-governmental organisations (NGOs), green groups, business associations and groups, green websites, government agencies, and institutes and centres in Singapore, which are related to the environment.
We hope that the publication is useful for everyone who wishes to find and connect with the environmental organisations in Singapore, and explore personal and business opportunities.
The publication is free for download here. Feel free to share this.
3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010
December 22, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
The 3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010
April 15th- 16th, 2010, Beijing, China
http://www.chinacarbontrade.com.cn/
Contact: Fanny Wang
Email: marketing@jfpsgroup.com.cn
Online Registration: http://www.chinacarbontrade.com.cn/
With theme of Emitting China’s CDM Potential and Enhancing East-West Carbon Trade, The 3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010 will be held by JFPS Group on April 15th- 16th, 2010 in Beijing, China.
The 3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010 will focus on the impact on the carbon market from the COP 15 and tailor-make the conference for all the players from the value chain of carbon industry. The summit will focus on: Read more
Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2010
December 22, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
The 2nd Annual Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2010
May 12th – 14th,2010 ︱Renaissance Hotel Pudong Shanghai, China
Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2010 is the most high-level summit concerning green building community across Asia. Inspired by the great success of inaugural Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2009, it will be held for the second annual on Pudong Renaissance Hotel Shanghai, China on May 12th – 14th, including one day pre-conference workshop and two full day conference. This event is endorsed by Building & Construction Authority, HK Green Building Council, HK-BEAM, Hong Kong Association of Energy Service Companies （HAESCO）,World Association of Chinese Architects （WACA）, India Green Building Council, China Green Building Council, as well as great support from Dongtan Consulting, and Econet. Read more
Green Future Solutions Launches Bookchanging – Singapore’s First Website for Green Books
December 21, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Uncategorized
Green Future Solutions launched its latest website, Bookchanging, on 17 December 2009. This new website is the sixth in Green Future Solutions’ network of websites, which includes AsiaIsGreen, Green Business Times, Zero Waste Singapore, Low Carbon Singapore, and TEDxGreen.
Bookchanging is an online community for book readers to find, enjoy, share, discuss and buy green books. You can read environmental books to gain more knowledge, work towards a sustainable future and change the world.
Under the New Books category, you can find the latest books on the environment, including Al Gore’s Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, and Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man: Saving the Planet One Family at a Time.
Under the Recommended Books category, you can check out our book recommendations, which includes Alex Steffen’s Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, and Janine M. Benyus’s Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.
You can also choose to buy the book in Singapore from Bookchanging or buy the book overseas from Amazon. Visit http://www.bookchanging.com to check out our books.
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Eugene Tay
Founder of Bookchanging
Email: eugene@greenfuture.sg
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About Green Future Solutions
Green Future Solutions is a Singapore-based business that promotes environmental awareness and action for a green future, through its network of green websites, events, presentations, publications and consultancy. For more information, visit http://www.greenfuture.sg.
Malaysia POWERGEN 2010
December 16, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Event Title: MALAYSIA POWERGEN
Event Date: 15-16 March 2010
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Realising the increase in energy consumption, Malaysia continuously reviews its energy policy. The crucial challenges of the Malaysia power sector are sustainability, security and reliability of energy supply from energy resources – mix of non-renewable and renewable energy for long term sustainable development. This Conference assesses the implications of these challenges and how it translates into strategic growth, business and investment opportunities.
Themed “Seizing Investment, Partnership and Project Development Opportunities & Overcoming Challenges in Malaysia Power”, Malaysia PowerGen Conference is meeting of minds of the industry leaders and regulators from Malaysia and around the region to discuss the current state of Malaysian Power sector, to determine the future of the industry and to explore growth opportunities for both foreign and local entities.
Contact Person: Ms. Weny Thong
Email: weny.thong@abf.com.sg
Phone: +65 6536 8676
Organiser: Asia Business Forum
Call on Companies to Act Against Climate Change
December 14, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Strategy and Leaders
This post was first published at ECO @ COP 15.
There is growing concern from the business sector about the resulting uncertainty and risk breeding in the economic environment. Climate change contributes to this uncertainty and there is thus a growing need for long term and new policies that will link economic development together with environment protection.
In urgent response, the Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change, initiated by the Prince of Wale’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change run by the University of Cambridge, collates the voices of businesses to call for a credible deal. In just two pages, it sets out the business case for an ambitious, robust, effective and equitable UN climate framework and offers progressive global consensus on the shape of an agreement.
Basic ideas the Copenhagen Communiqué pushes for
1. Long term global emissions reduction that will be guided by science
2. Proactive role of developed nations in commitments towards reducing emissions of which they should show the possibility that low carbon growth is both ‘achievable and desirable’
3. Developing nations too should ensure that its development is via a path of sustainability, where low carbon growth plan should be emphasized
Please refer to this link for the Copenhagen Communiqué.
We urge you to be part of this.
Why should your company be a part of it?
Climate change is perhaps the gravest issue our generation has yet to tackle. Widely accepted through scientific research, an increase in temperature by 2°C can be expected to have catastrophic effects on our climate and ecosystem. This can be prevented. But what we need is for greenhouse gases to fall- dramatically. This is within our hands.
Your company has a strong role to play in pushing for a binding and fair agreement. This will enhance the economic environment to promote companies’ investment and innovation in green technologies, goods and services.
There are currently more than 500 major companies who have committed, including business leaders in their fields such as PwC, MacQuarie, Shell and British Airways.
Join them in signaling that your company supports the need for a stable economic environment that a binding and fair agreement can offer, and active participation in moving towards a green economy.
It’s only a few days away from Dec 18, there’s no time to waste.
Show your commitment by signing now. Click here to do so.
Live from COP15
Eleina
ECO Singapore
Green Fuels & Vehicles China 2010
December 8, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Green Fuels & Vehicles China 2010
The Innovation & Industrialization in the Coexistence Era of Alternative & Conventional Vehicles
April 8-9, 2010 Shanghai, China
Green Fuels & Vehicles China 2010 — focusing on the alternative fuels & vehicles and green conventional auto industries will highlight updated policy and market outlook, technical innovations, operational & management experiences of alternative fuels, hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, battery and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, conventional auto, powertrain, engines and emission controls to enlighten the relevant industry participants with long-term technical and business insights, providing the unparalleled global networking platform. Read more
How Nokia and TES-AMM Recycles Old Mobile Phones
December 8, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Operations and Culture
Green Business Times went for a site visit recently to check out how Nokia and its e-waste vendor, TES-AMM (Singapore) Pte Ltd, collects and recycles old mobile phones.
Nokia has the largest voluntary mobile phone recycling scheme worldwide, with takeback and collection facilities in over 5,000 Nokia Care Centres across 85 countries.
In Singapore, Nokia currently has collection points in all Nokia Care Centres at Wheelock Place, Century Square, Parkway Parade, Causeway Point and Suntec City. Take back facilities are also available in NUS, NTU, SMU, Nanyang Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, St Margaret Secondary, St Hilda Primary and Secondary, and Saint Andrew JC.
In July 2008, Nokia launched the deployment of the Nokia Recycling Kiosks (NRK), which are automated recycling kiosks, in Malaysia and Singapore. Nokia is also running the ‘Recycle A Phone & Adopt A Tree’ program in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. With every phone sent for recycling, customers will receive a tree in their name planted under the NEWTrees initiative. This is a collaboration between Nokia, WWF Indonesia and Equinox Publishing, and Nokia has committed funds towards the planting of 100,000 trees in Indonesia.
In Singapore, Nokia is working with TES-AMM to recycle raw materials from the mobile phones collected. The raw materials recovery rate at TES-AMM is as high as 99%. Many different materials and precious metals can be recycled from mobile phones and made into new products, including:
- Plastic: Plastic is largely used on the covers and external parts of a mobile device. They are turned into plastic pallets to be used in warehousing.
- Stainless Steel: This is used on external detailing phone covers and some internal components. It can be recycled and used again in all sorts of products from mobile devices, to kitchen kettles, ovens and in bicycle frames.
- Copper: Copper is used in a mobile phone’s circuitry and printed wiring boards. It can be recycled into copper pipes or to make musical instruments.
- Gold: Small amounts of gold are used in a mobile phone to coat connectors and electrical surfaces. It can be recycled and used again in other mobile and electronic devices, dental fillings or to make jewellery.
- Platinum: This is used in the electrical components of a mobile phones. It can be reclaimed and used in catalytic convertors for passenger cars, for equipment, dental filling or in jewellery.
- Cobalt and lithium salt: These rare earth metals are recovered from recycled batteries and are re-made into lithium ion batteries.
Here are some photos taken during the site visit at TES-AMM’s recycling facility:
Mobile phone recycling
Manual dismantling of old mobile phones
Sorting of components
Crushing of circuit boards and sieving
Ferrous metal separation
Crushed circuit boards
Crushed circuit boards undergo hammer mill and electrostatic separation to get:
Fibrous powder (for making plastic pallets)
Metal powder (contains 60-70% copper)
Fibrous powder and other waste plastics used to make plastic pallets by heat extrusion
Chemical processes to extract gold from components
Gold melting
Li-ion battery recycling
