Background
In 2016, water utilities PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, and Waternet, signed their first Memorandum of Understanding to exchange knowledge and learn from each other as water cycle companies. They agreed to intensify their exchange and collaboration on topics related to waste water treatment, water pollution and energy recovery.
Projects and acitivities
- ReCirc Singapore (2018-2020): Joint development of resource recovery technology for circular economy. Funded by the Partners for International Business Programme of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). ReCirc Singapore is a public-private partnership initiated by 13 Dutch organisations to explore circular solutions in the fields of sludge and waste processing and resource recovery, both in Singapore and the Netherlands. The programme will eventually result in the Singapore-Netherlands Centre of Excellence on Resource Recovery for Circular Economy (from 2021).