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US-AEP
support of Indonesia's economic recovery focuses on eco-productivity and
waste exchange.
As reported in the December 14 UPDATE, US-AEP�s Clean Technology
and Environmental Management (CTEM) program awarded a $100,000 grant to
Indonesia�s Friends of the Environment Fund (DML) to carry out two
initiatives that save or create Indonesian jobs. One of the initiatives,
Eco-Productivity Outreach Corps, is helping small- and medium-sized
factories improve operating efficiency and cut costs. The second, a waste
exchange program called the Waste-to-Product Partnership Program, is
identifying potential business partnerships between companies that want to
dispose of waste materials and those that can either convert the waste into
new products or better recycle it. Both of these initiatives are being
managed by the Indonesian Pollution Prevention Roundtable (KMB), which is a
part of DML.
Since the programs began in October 1998, four institutions have been
selected as regional coordinators: PT. Aspros (West Java); Business
Partnership Foundation (Central Java); Center for Agribusiness Community
Empowerment Studies (East Java); and Indonesian Society for Environmental
Engineers (Jakarta metropolitan area). Each of these institutions have
pulled together consortiums of industry associations, local government,
academia, and consultants to carry out these programs. In addition, staff
members have been recruited and trained for all locations.
To date, 72 small- and medium-sized companies have been selected to
participate in the eco-productivity program. Project managers, who expect to
reach the targeted 110 industries by April 1999, have now visited 21
factories. At each of these sites, engineers have collected data on flow
diagrams, number of workers, production capacity, and electricity, water and
fuel use. According to DML, "Industries most eager to participate in the
program are those that produce for a captive market, that is, those that are
supplying parts to a bigger manufacturing company." Participating industries
cover the following sectors: electroplating, metal works, textile, ceramics,
rubber, leather, and food processing.
The waste exchange program has made similar strides. In past months,
staff members have visited numerous factories to collect data and conduct
preliminary field surveys. Based on these studies and on a strict set of
criteria, 11 types of waste streams have been identified. These include
plastic bottles, scrap PVC, worn tires, dry cell batteries, and waste
generated from processing coconuts, tofu, and fish. For each of these waste
streams, team members are identifying appropriate recycling and conversion
technologies, types of new products, and product users/consumers.
Groundbreaking this month for USAID/India-supported water supply
As reported in the February 8 edition of UPDATE, the project
management company and the consortium that will build and operate India's
first private integrated water supply and sanitation project at Tirupur, in
Tamil Nadu, India, signed a Memorandum of Agreement recently in Chennai. The
project, to be led by a consortium comprising Bechtel Enterprises Inc.,
Mahindra Realty and Infrastructure Developers, Ltd., and United Utilities
International of the U.K., has been supported since its inception by the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in New Delhi.
USAID supported the project with technical assistance, training, and a $25
million loan guarantee from the Urban and Environmental Credit Program.
Construction on the project, which will supply water and sanitation services
to the Tirupur area�s population and textile mills, is expected to begin in
March 1999 and will be completed in three years. Tirupur, the knitwear
capital of India, generates $1 billion annually in apparel and textile
exports for the country, and the support of the Tirupur Exporter�s
Association has been a key to the project�s success. The US-AEP Technology
Representative in Chennai is keeping a close eye on the project in
anticipation of opportunities for U.S. firms to bid on the project.
Upcoming
events highlight trade opportunities in Asia and pollution prevention.
- U.S. firms seeking to enhance their business
opportunities in Asia will learn how to access the $12 billion worth of
contracts available through multinational banks at the conference, "Asia
in Transition: Viable Project Opportunities in 1999," held March 29-30,
1999, in Chicago, Illinois. CNA Architects, Engineers & Construction is
hosting the event, which will focus on how to access viable project
opportunities involving the following sectors: energy, water
supply/sanitation, environment, agriculture, urban development,
transportation, education, health, and financial reform. To find out more
information about the conference and how to register, please visit the
website
http://www.planetaec.com
- The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR),
a US-AEP partner, will hold its Annual Spring Conference, April 6-9, 1999,
in Washington, D.C. The focus of the conference will be the latest in
pollution prevention (P2) policy, regulatory, and technical assistance
initiatives. Several new cutting-edge sessions that were introduced at the
1998 conference will be enhanced and expanded, including Smart Growth and
sustainable development, hospital pollution prevention, P2 and climate
change, energy efficiency, and international cleaner production
initiatives. To find out more information about the conference and how to
register, please visit the NPPR website at
http://www.p2.org
US-AEP
Energy Program outlines strategy to reduce greenhouse gases.
US-AEP has outlined the priority activities and countries for its
energy/global climate change (GCC) program. Bangladesh, Indonesia, South
Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines have been identified as focus
countries, based on current levels and future predictions for greenhouse gas
emissions, energy production, energy consumption, as well as the likelihood
that local industries and municipalities will be receptive to these
endeavors. Priority activities include promoting environmental management
systems (EMS) in energy-intensive industries; energy efficiency, use of
renewable energy, and cleaner fossil fuel technologies and processes; policy
advances that contribute to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
conversion of waste to energy; and municipal and biomedical solid waste
management.
Welcome.
US-AEP�s Operations team has a new program associate, Scott
Phillips. Originally from Oregon where he received a B.A. degree in
International Business from Linfield College, Scott has been working with
USAID for the past five years on two partnership programs: Partners for
International Education and Training, and Partnerships for Health Reform.
Scott can be reached at tel: 202-835-0333 x 103; or email:
sphillips@usaep.org. We welcome Scott to
the US-AEP family. |
