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Waste Management – Activities

Development of Eco-Towns in the Asia-Pacific Region

Penang (Malaysia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Shenyang (China)

Eco-towns are urban planning and environmental management efforts where industries located in the designated 'eco-town' area pursue synergies in resource utilisation, waste management, environmental preservation, and promotion of industrial and economic development. They practice resource efficiency within their manufacturing process and in between the industries. The eco-town approach enhances productivity and simultaneously reduces the negative impacts on the environment through tools, techniques and technologies adopted for the specific purpose. It recognizes the fundamental need for businesses to incorporate not just environmental concerns, but economic performance and quality improvements in the production process.

The typical scope of an eco-town not only covers integrated waste management with the objective of achieving sustainable patterns of production and consumption, but can also be expanded to encompass the practice of 3Rs, green planning, green purchasing, efficient use and conservation of natural resources (raw material, energy and water) and air emission controls etc.

Taking into account the relative advantages offered by eco-towns as a "laboratory" to test sustainability concepts and production and consumption processes (covering both the public and private sectors, IETC’s eco-town initiative covers three cities in the Asia Pacific region: Penang (Malaysia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Shenyang (China).

The project for 2008-2009 essentially covered the development of an eco-town policy framework though stakeholder dialogue and consultation. It includes training and awareness raising, that is based on a profile of the industrial sector in the three cities, and a survey of user needs. This will be taken up for detailed implementation in 2010-2011.