NEA calls for proposals on mechanical and biological treatment facility

AsiaOne 4 Nov 15;

SINGAPORE - The National Environment Agency (NEA) has called for local and international companies to submit concept proposals for a pilot mechanical and biological treatment facility here.

The pilot facility will be developed with a centralised, integrated mechanical and biological treatment, or alternative technologies, to maximise recycling and resource recovery from domestic waste.

NEA said in a statement that it will be assessing the pilot facility's effectiveness in complementing the existing waste treatment infrastructure and its potential to be an alternative method of treatment of domestic waste. At present, about 80 per cent of domestic waste is disposed of at the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plants.

The Tuas South Ave 2 facility is expected to process at least 300 tonnes of domestic waste per day over a 20-year period.

It will be privately financed, built, owned and operated.

The Request for Proposal will open from today till February 2, 2016.