AECCOM has participated in many activities since its inception in 1993 and highlights of some of these are given below :-

Waste and Waste Management Standards.
Waste Terminology.
Department of Standards Malaysia.

Majority of the population of Malaysia are not aware how Standards are Formulated. With reference to the above here is a brief working insight into the committees.

Committee Representation

The industry Standards Committee on Environmental Management under whose authority this Malaysian Standard was developed, comprises representatives from the follow organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Association of Environmental Consultants and Companies of Malaysia( AECCOM)
Balai Ikhtisas Malaysia
Business Council of Sustainable Development Malaysia
Center for Environment Technology and Development Malaysia
Department of Environment
Department of Standards Malaysia
Environmental Management Research Association of Malaysia
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Malaysian Nuclear Agency
Malaysian Palm Oil Association
Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Malaysian Palm Oil Council
Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association
Malaysian Rubber Board
Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers' Association
Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association
Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
SIRIM Berhad (Environmental and Bioprocess Technology Center)
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Universiti Malaya
Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Waste which supervised the development of this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Environmental Consultants and Companies Malaysia (AECCOM)
Department of Chemistry Malaysia
Department of Environment
Department of National Solid Waste Management
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Malaysian Nuclear Agency
Malaysian Rubber Board
Ministry of Health Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (secretariat)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Universiti Malaya
Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Working Group on Scheduled Waste which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations:

Department of Chemistry Malaysia
Department of Environment
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Kualiti Alam Sdn Bhd
Malaysian Association of Standards Users
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Malaysian Nuclear Agency
Malaysian Rubber Board
Ministry of Health Malaysia
Petronas Research Sdn Bhd
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
Tex Cycle Sdn Bhd
The Institution of Engineers Malaysia
Universiti Malaya
Universiti Putra Malaysia

Acknowledgments

Members of Technical Committee on Waste:

Mr. Sivapalan Kathiravale (Chairman)    Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Waste and Environment Technology) Rana Sari Dewi Dasril (Secretary) SIRIM Berhad Mr. Zamri Abdul Rahman Mr. Lee Weng Fatt Association of Environmental Consultants and Companies of Malaysia (AECCOM) Mr. Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad Department of Chemistry Malaysia Dr. Ab Rahman Awang Department of Environment Mr. Mohd Rosli Abdullah Mr. Abdul Nasir Abdul Aziz Department of National Solid Waste Management Mr. Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers	Dr. Norlinda Mohd Zawawi Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dr. Mohd Tadza Abdul Rahman Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Landfill Technology and Groundwater Resources Management) Dr K.P.K. Ramadasan Malaysian Palm Oil Association Mr Devaraj Veerasamy Malaysian Rubber Board Dr. Noor Ezlin Ahmad Basri Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Assoc Prof Dr Sumiani Yusoff Universiti Malaya Assoc Prof Dr Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim Universiti Putra Malaysia Y.M. Engku Azman Tuan Mat Ministry of Health Malaysia (Engineering Service Division)
Members of Working Group on Scheduled Waste:
Dr. Ab. Rahman Awang (Chairman) Department of Environment Ms. Ratna Sari Dewi Dasril (Secretary) SIRIM Berhad Mr. Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad Department of Chemistry of Malaysia Mr. Ismail Yusof Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers Ms. Siti Nadzriah Abd Hamid Kualiti Alam Sdn Bhd Mr. Piarapakaran Subramaniam Ms. Mohana Priya Veerabarathi Malaysian Association of Standards Users Mr. Sam Wong Ms. Charlie Chang Chow Le Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Mr. Devaraj Veerasamy Malaysian Rubber Board Mr. Zaman Huri Zulkifli Ministry of Health Malaysia Ms. Mahani Mohd Zain Petronas Research Sdn Bhd Mr. S Perry Tex Cycle Sdn Bhd Dr. Yin Cun Yang The Institute  Of Engineers, Malaysia Dr. Che Rosmani Che Hassan Universiti Malaya Dr. Puziah Abdul Latif Universiti Putra Malaysia Ms. Norasalwa Zakaria Malaysian Nuclear Agency

From the left to right : Assoc. Prof. Dr Zelina Zaiton (UPM), Ms Ratna (Sect), YM ENgku Azman (MOH), Mr Devaraj (MRB), Dr Ab Rahman (DOE), Mr Chan TK (FMM), Mr Lee WF (AECCOM), Dr Ramadasan (MPOA),

Mr Sivapalan (Nuclear Malaysia / Chairman), Assoc. Prof. Dr Sumiani (UM) and Dr Norlinda (MICCI).

All members of Working Group and Technical committee pool their knowledge and experience to develop these Malaysia Standards. They sacrifice their time for the country and a better environment by formulating guidelines and standards for waste generators to adhere to. These representatives of various organisations are very knowledgeable, articulate and experts in their field of work. The meetings are conducted in a cordial, friendly almost like a happy prosperous family to formulate drafts, deliberate on the drafts and approve the drafts for public comment before confirming as Standards. The sincerity of the members moved me to request a photo to be taken. I extend my gratitude to Dr. Ab. Rahman Awang (DOE Director Putrajaya) for consenting to snap a photo of the Technical Committee members. This enable me to post on AECCOM Website.

AECCOM have been participating and contributing in many activities undertaken by SIRIM, DOE, JPP, SPAM, CIDB and etc. AECCOM have also been conducting training courses for JPP engineers as well as the public, through CIDB. This is a dedication to the Technical Committee and Working Group member who had contributed in many ways that one could not see or made known.

EU-ASIA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

29 – 30 OCTOBER 2008, IMPIANA CASUARINA HOTEL

The opening ceremony of the EU-Asia Solid Waste Management Conference was

graced by YAB Dato’ Seri Ir. Hj. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, The Chief

Minister of Perak by the traditional Malay Gong accompanied by H.E. Vincent Piket,

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Malaysia; YB

Nga Kor Ming, Chairman of Standing Committee on Education, Local Government

and Housing and Public Transport, Perak State Executive Councillor; Dato’ Leong

Kin Mun, Conference Director and Dato’ Dr. Ir. Abu Bakar Jaafar, President,

Association of Environmental Consultants & Companies in Malaysia (AECCOM).

(from left to right)

The EU-Asia Solid Waste Management Conference was successfully held

on 29-30 October 2008 at Impiana Casuarina Hotel in Ipoh, Perak,

Malaysia. More than 400 participants, including 80 foreign delegates from 18

countries Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain, UK, Estonia, India,

Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Singapore, Thailand, Bhutan,

South Africa, Iran and Laos have attended the conference together with 320

Malaysian participants. YAB Dato’ Seri Ir. Hj. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin,

The Chief Minister of Perak officiated this auspicious event at the Banquet Hall of Perak Darul

Ridzuan Building, while H.E. Vincent Piket, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the

European Commission to Malaysia delivered a Special Address and also YB Nga Kor Ming,

Chairman of Standing Committee on Education, Local Government and Housing and Public

Transport, Perak delivered the Welcoming Address during the opening ceremony of the Conference.

The participants for this conference consist of urban environmental officers (administrators and

engineers) in charge of solid waste management (SWM) from the public sector, Non-Government

Organisations (NGOs), institution of higher learning and research institutions; representatives

from the private sector involved in SWM such as recycling companies, waste management

concessionaires, environmental consultants and contractors providing various services such

as equipment supplies, technology consultancy, environmental engineering, waste audit and

consultancy services etc. The conference served as an intellectual platform and dialogue for

EU-Asia solid waste management (SWM) practitioners to exchange experiences and best

practices. The 2-day Conference included a total of 7 sessions, with 3 parallel sessions.

The Sessions are EU-Asia Solid Waste Management Experience, Malaysia Perspective on

Solid Waste Management; Technology Innovations for Future Solid Waste Management;

EU Policy and Regulatory Framework on Solid Waste Management; Findings of International

Project’ Economic Instrument and Financing Methods and Best Practices and Case Studies

related to SWM from the EU and Asia’s perspectives. A total of 26 speakers presented their

papers at the international conference, including 13 well known European speakers and 13

Asian speakers.

Well known Asian speakers include:

• Dr. Nadzri Yahaya, Director General, National Solid Waste Management Department, Ministry of

Housing and Local Government

• Prof. Dr. P. Agamuthu, Science and Environmental Management Division, Institute of Biological

Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya

• Ms. Sarifah Yaakob, Senior Manager, Alam Flora Sdn Bhd.

• Dato’ Dr. Ir. Abu Bakar Jaafar President, Association of Environmental Consultants & Companies

in Malaysia (AECCOM)

(From left to right) Dato’ Dr. Ir. Abu Bakar Jaafar, President, Association of Environmental

Consultants & Companies in Malaysia (AECCOM); Mr. Holger Robrecht, Director, Sustainability

Management, ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH, Germany; Mr. Christian Fisher, Senior

Consultant, Danish Topic Centre on Waste & Resources (DTC-WR); Mr. Larry O’ Toole,

Operations Director, Waste & Energy Department of RPS Consulting Engineers, Ireland;

Mr. Keith Newman, Director, Cayenne Limited, UK and Dr. Andrew Farmer, Senior Fellow,

Head of Pollution & Climate Team, Institute for European Environmental Policies (IEEP), UK

SPECIAL ADDRESS

The EU’s Approach to Waste Prevention and Waste Recycling

In the last 30 years waste has been at the centre of EU environment

policy and substantial progress has been made. Heavily polluting

landfills and incinerators are being cleaned up. New techniques have

been developed for the treatment of hazardous waste. Hazardous

substances are being removed from vehicles and electrical and

electronic equipment. The levels of dioxins and other emissions from

incineration are being reduced. The waste management and

recycling sector has a high growth rate and has an estimated

turnover of €100 billion in the entire EU. It is labour intensive and

provides between 1.2 and 1.5 million jobs. With time, waste is

increasingly seen as a valuable resource for industry. Approaches

such as reuse, recycling and energy recovery are starting to be

applied to regulated wastes. Diversion of biodegradable waste from

H.E. Vincent Piket landfills and increasing recycling and recovery are reducing greenhouse

Ambassador and Head of gas emissions, thereby tackling one of the greatest environmental

Delegation of the European challenges the world. Nevertheless, the unsustainable trends in waste

Commission to Malaysia generation and the policy issues remain causes for concern. This is

specially relevant to the Asian region, where growing prosperity inevitably

also means growing consumption – and thus more waste.

The foundation of the EU regulatory structure on waste is the Waste Framework Directive, adopted in

1975. It obliges Member States to ensure that waste is managed properly and it establishes a

hierarchy for waste management. This means that, ideally, waste

should be prevented and what cannot be prevented should be re-used, recycled and recovered as much as

feasible, with landfill being used as little as possible.

This legislative basis has delivered significant environmental benefits and has resulted in making the

recycling of waste part of normal industrial practice. For example, at least 50% of paper and steel, 43% of

glass and 40% of non-ferrous metals produced in the EU are currently made out of recycled materials.

Furthermore, the recycling of major materials and diverting bio-waste from landfill and treating landfill gas

has enabled EU industry to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 5%.

International Panel on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources was set up last year. This panel

will play a key role in taking these issues forward globally. Of the 19 scientists who make up the Panel,

5 are from Asia. However, only two Asian countries, China and Japan, have so far joined the Panel’s

steering committee.

The EU has been supporting sustainable waste management in Asia for many years. The €55

million Asia Pro Eco programme, which ran from 2002-2006. Its successor programme, the €90 million

‘SWITCH-Asia’ programme, is focused on promoting sustainable production and consumption throughout

the region, mainly among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

Indeed, policies aimed at sound waste management and sustainable resource use can stimulate

investment in knowhow and infrastructure.

Multi-stakeholders Consultative Meeting

The meeting which was chaired by Dato’ Dr. Ir. Abu Bakar Jaafar,

The President of the Association of Environmental Consultants &

Companies in Malaysia (AECCOM), concluded that “waste separation

at source” is the key solution that is necessarily required in any efforts

towards the creation of “waste recycling industry” as envisaged in

the Outline Perspective Plan (2001- 2010) (OPP3) of Malaysia, and

articulated in the last two 5-year Malaysia Plans.

Photo taken during Multi-stakeholders

Consultative Meeting at Impiana Casuarina Ipoh.

FIRST ORDER OF POLICY AND REGULATORY INTERVENTION

The first order of intervention would be a regulatory requirement that “a waste generator shall separate

its waste into at least three separate streams: “perishable”, “toxic and hazardous waste”, and “non-perishable”.

In order to promote such an intervention, it is recommended that every household is provided with the first set

of 3- types of bin, “free”. Those who collect and sort out “toxic and hazardous waste” from other streams of

waste would be rewarded “financially” when they deposit such materials at designated “waste recovery centres”.

SECOND ORDER OF POLICY AND TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTION

By the “Proximity Principle”, the supply of in-situ composters be introduced to those households

with landed-properties in order to recover their “perishable waste” as “compost-materials” which could

be marketed for plant-nursery and landscaping. In the case of “perishable waste” generated by others,

anaerobic digestion technology could be introduced in order to generate methane gas or compressed

natural gas “renewable energy”. Such an innovation would also attract “carbon credit” under the

Kyoto Protocol.

THIRD ORDER OF POLICY, REGULATORY, AND MARKET INTERVENTION

For non-perishable waste, it could further sort out at source, should there be a market demand

for recyclables such as “plastics”, “paper”, “glass”, and “metals” including aluminium and steel. To

create demand for such recyclables, it would require another set of policy interventions.

FOURTH ORDER OF POLICY INTERVENTION

There is a limit to the extent of which certain types of waste could be recycled. Instead of these

materials be sent to landfill for disposal, it is highly recommended that “resource recovery” and

“waste-to-energy” plants be promoted and established. Thus, a very attractive electricity tariff

ought to be given to such facilities, which essentially generate “renewable energy”.

FIFTH ORDER OF INTERVENTION

As illustrated in Figure 1 (bottom of page), there shall be no more landfills, sanitary or otherwise, to

be built. Instead, those “unwanted” materials should be put in “repository”; these materials

would be easily “recoverable” once they command some economic values.

CONCLUSION

In short, the Conference has come to a successful conclusion by having all the invited stakeholders

Move towards a sustainable management of “costly” solid waste into “valuable” resource such as

“materials” and “renewable energy”.

TALK In conjunction with AECCOM 16th Annual General Meeting

13th December 2008 - Subang National Golf Club

The presentation by Dr. Nadzri was very enlightening and informative based on the plans which the Malaysian government has for this country on Solid Waste Management in Malaysia. Should any party be interested in the details of the event please contact AECCOM’s secretary Ms. Eileen Chuah at the following email address aeccom@streamyx.com. After Dr. Nadzri’s presentation, a Q & A session was held and many questions were put forward eg: concerning the necessity for acquiring multiple licenses in order to operate a waste disposal company. This talk also highlighted various waste disposal landfill problems. After that, a private discussion was held especially for AECCOM members. We would like to thank Dr. Nadzri for his time and

effort for attending this talk.

AGM

Aeccom annual report for the year 2008 was debated and passed.

The Council added 2 new committees to the existing 7 committees.

· Professional Practice & Training Ir Chen Yew Seong

· Membership Mr. Jeyaprakash A/L Kandasamy

· Sewerage Services Mr. Choy Siew Hoong

· Liaison Dr. Tong Soo Loong

· Publication & Publicity Mr. Norman Wong

· Activities Mr. Andrew Hoh

· Water & Wastewater Mr. Shigeki Minami

· Air Pollution Control Mr. David Yap

· Solid Waste Management Ir Zamri Abdul Rahman

AECCOM admitted 3 new corporate members and 1 new individual member in 2008

· Xstrata Recycling Inc (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

· Atlas Resources Enterprise Sdn Bhd

· Worldwide Landfills Sdn Bhd

· Mr. Thaddeus Wong

For any changes to this article, please refer to the AECCOM’s council which will view this before publication is made.

ATTENDANCE LIST

15^th December 2008

No.	Company	Participant (PAX)
1.	Alam Flora Sdn Bhd	1
2.	Alam Sekitar Malaysia Sdn Bhd	1
3.	Aquamech Corporation Sdn Bhd	1
4.	Atlas Resource Enterprise Sdn Bhd	3
5.	Austrian Embassy, Commercial Section	1
6.	Consultant	1
7.	Consultant	1
8.	Core Competencies Sdn Bhd	1
9.	Darco Water Systems Sdn Bhd	1
10.	E-Idaman Sdn Bhd	1
11.	Embassy of Spain	1
12.	Envilab Sdn Bhd	1
13.	Environ Holdings Sdn Bhd	1
14.	Environmental Protection Technology Sdn Bhd	4
15.	Finpro, Region Asia, Finland Trade Center,	1
16.	GHD Perunding Sdn Bhd	1
17.	Golden Ecosystem Sdn Bhd	4
18.	HIAB Sdn Bhd	1
19.	Indah Water Konsortium	1
20.	Johnson Fluid Engineering Sdn Bhd	1
21.	Kemtek Sdn Bhd	1
22.	Majlis Daerah Kinta Selatan	1
23.	Majlis Perbadaran Sandakan, Sabah	1
24.	Malaysian University of Science & Technology	1
25.	Master Jaya Environmental Sdn Bhd	1
26.	Maunsell Malaysia Sdn Bhd	7
27.	MB Enviro-Healers Sdn Bhd Kota Kinabalu	1
28.	Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad	1
29.	Perunding Good Earth Sdn Bhd	1
30.	Pollution Engineerings (M) Sdn Bhd	5
31.	Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd	3
32.	Sepakat Setia Perunding (Sdn) Bhd	1
33.	SMHB Sdn Bhd	1
34.	Taliworks Corporation Berhad	1
35.	Wet Air Sdn Bhd	1
36.	Worldwide Landfills Sdn Bhd	6

1. 

DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENT SERVICES MALAYSIA

After two years of efforts, the Inaugural Issue of the Directory of Environment Services Malaysia 1998 was launched by the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Y.B. Datuk Law Hieng Ding on Earth Day, 22^nd April 1998. Since then, four other Directories had been published in 1999, 2003, 2005 and early 2008 once every two years.

2.

TRAINING, SEMINARS AND PROFFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AECCOM has always been interested to take up the challenge of conducting training courses and organising seminars to improve the knowledge of the general public. After much effort, AECCOM’s wish finally became reality as follows :-

a.	Training - “Introduction to Sewage Treatment Plant – Operation” The 1-day program was conducted on 16^th August 2001 at the Concord Hotel, Shah Alam.
b.	Seminar - “Recent Developments in Urban Waste Management Strategies and Technologies AEECOM was invited by the EBARA Hatakeyama Memorial Fund to jointly conduct a 1-day Seminar at the PJ Hilton on 17^th February 2004. The seminar was well attended by 150 participants from various companies, AECCOM members, personnel from Ebara, the State Departments of Environment, students from University Putra Malaysia, Embassies and NGO’s.
c.	Seminar – “New Malaysian Standards for Air Pollution Control” (MS 1723:2003 and MS 1596:2003) The seminar for the New Malaysian Standards was jointly organised by the Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM), DOE, SIRIM and AECCOM and held at SIRIM AUDITORIUM, Shah Alam on 2^nd December 2004. The seminar officially launched by YB Dato’ Sri Haji Adenan Haji Satem, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia, attracted a total of 49 participants.
d.	CIDB -Training Course for Sewerage Constructions Managers. AECCOM was invited by CIDB to participate in drawing up the syllabus for this training programme. At its inaugural meeting on 10^th October 2003, AECCOM agreed to undertake the whole of the Mechanical & Electrical module. Seven AECCOM members responded and drew up a total of 17 papers. The completed course papers were submitted on 14^th April 2005 and duly adopted by CIDB for implementation. To-date, AECCOM had conducted the following training sessions:- 8^th to 10^th November 2006 15^th to 16^th November 2007 25^th to 27^th March 2008 10^th to 12^th June 2008 18^th to 20^th November 2008
e.	Training - JPP Training Course, Module 1 - “Operations of Wastewater & Sewerage Treatment Plants” AECCOM was approached by the Sewerage Services Department to conduct a training course on “Operations of Wastewater & Sewerage Treatment Plants” for its engineers and technicians. AECCOM conducted the Training Course in batches of 10 participants as requested by JPP, excluding participant by AECCOM Members. The Training Courses conducted to-date are as follows:- 1^st to August 2005 21^st to 24^th November 2005 20^th to 23^rd February 2006 20^th to 23^rd July 2007

3.

PRESENTATIONS BY PROMINENT INDUSTRY PERSONALITIES

AECCOM organises a Luncheon Talk each year in conjunction with its Annual General Meeting.

a.	DOE - “The Changing Roles of Environmental Consultants and Contractors: The DOE’s Perspective” This Talk was presented by Ir. Shamsudin bin Haji Ab. Latif, Deputy General-Director of Department of Environment on 25^th November 2000.
b.	JPP - “Sewerage Industry, Opportunities and Challenges” Presented by Encik Mohd. Ridhuan bin Ismail, Deputy Director-General, Sewerage Services Department, the Talk was held at the PJ Hilton Hotel on 13^th December 2003.
c.	IWK - “Progress in the Provision of Sewerage Services in Malaysia - Problems, Milestones & Future Challenges” Encik Mohd. Haniffa Abdul Hamid, General Manager, Department of Planning & Engineering, presented this Talk at the PJ Hilton Hotel on 3^rd December 2005.
d.	JPP - “Restructuring of the Water Services Industry: Sewerage Section Perspective” This Talk was presented by Encik Mohd. Ridhuan bin Ismail, Director-General of the Sewerage Services Department, on 2nd December 2006.
e.	SPAN - “The Role and Functions of the National Water Services Commission (SPAN)” This Talk was given by Tan Sri Ir. Dato’ Hj. Zaini bin Omar, Chairman of the National Water Services Commission on 1^st December 2007.
f.	Talk - “Restructuring of the Water Services Industry (Sewerage Sector)” This Talk was given by Y.B. Dato’ Teo Yen Hua, Chief Executive Officer, National Water Services Commission (SPAN) on 19^th August 2008 at the Subang National Golf Club.
g.	SWM Department - “Federalizing Solid Waste Management in Malaysia” This Talk was presented by Y.Bhg. Dr. Nadzri bin Yahaya, Ph.D, Directory-General, Solid Waste Management Department, Ministry of Housing & Local Government at the Subang National Golf Club on 13^th December 2008.

4.

DIALOGUE PARTNER WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

a.	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT (DOE) JABATAN ALAM SEKITAR (JAS)
	Specialist Panel on Review of EQ (Sewage & Industrial Effluents) 1979 On 11^th June 2001 Jabatan Alam Sekitar invited AECCOM to sit on the Specialist Panel. AECCOM was duly represented and since then had attended three meetings on the following topics:- · Sewerage Effluents · Discharge of Effluents from Fermentation & Distillery Industry · Discharge of Effluents from Textile Industry

b. i.	SEWERAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT (SSD) JABATAN PERKHIDMATAN PEMBETUNGAN (JPP) Revision of MS 1228 - Code of Practice for Design and Installation of Sewerage System The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) was appointed by SIRIM to review the MS 1228. In view of AECCOM’s expertise and active involvement in the Sewage Treatment sector, CIDB invited AECCOM to participate in the revision of the Standards under Design and Installation of Sewerage System. On 20^th April 2001 JPP took over from CIDB the task of revising the standard. AECCOM was represented in the following committees and work groups, participating fully in the revision of MS 1228. Technical Committee Sub-Committee on Design and Installation of Sewerage Systems - Guidelines Volume 1 : Sewerage Policy for New Development - Guidelines Volume 2 : Sewerage Work Procedures - Guidelines Volume 3 : Sewer Networks and Pump Stations - Guidelines Volume 4 : Sewage Treatment Plants- - Guidelines Volume 5 : Septic Tanks - Guidelines Volume 6 : Septic Tank Ancillaries Work Group of Sub-Committee on Materials Construction & Installation. - The final draft was completed in early 2006.
ii.	Review of Design Manuals for Sewerage System In November 1999 JPP invited AECCOM to review the above. Comments from AECCOM members were compiled and submitted to JPP in April 2001.
iii.	Comments on Typical Drawings for Sewage Plants JPP invited AECCOM to participate in this exercise and feedback from 10 AECCOM members was duly compiled and submitted to JPP.
iv.	Review of Sewerage Guidelines Started on 29^th March 2006, AECCOM played a major role in this review, with 12 representatives participating in five Task Forces, Two Technical Work Groups and one Technical Committee. The review was completed during the 3^rd Quarter of 2006.
v.	Sewage Treatment Plant Specifications for Minimum Compliance AECCOM was invited by the JPP to give feedback on the following specifications and members’ comments were duly submitted to the JPP on 11^th September 2007 :- Pumps Screens Air Diffusers Aerators and Submersible Aerators Blowers Effluent Decanters Clarifier RBC Trickling Filters
c.	CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIDB)
i.	Procurement Policy Committee in the Construction Section AECCOM was invited by CIDB to sit in the special “Procurement Policy Committee” to set up guidelines and policies on the practices and procedures in the construction industry and to upgrade and identify those relating to the award of contracts. In addition, the Committee was also responsible for identifying inconsistencies in practices and problems in the industry.
ii.	Draft Report on “Environmental Management System Certification for Contractors At the invitation of CIDB in October 2000, AECCOM participated in the Work Group (WG) for this exercise. This WG formulated an Environmental Management System (EMS) Certification Scheme for Contractors.

iii.	Other CIDB Committees and Work Groups Technical Committee on Good Environmental Practices in the Construction Industry Action Committee on Environmental Awareness, Selangor CIDB Standard Form of Sub-Contract CIDB Standard Form of Contract for Building Works

d.	STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA (SIRIM)
i.	Malaysian Standards on APCT Through the initiation of AECCOM, the Minister of the then Ministry of Science Technology and the Environment had approved the following for inclusion in the Malaysian Standards on Air Pollution Control. They were also approved and adopted by the Department of Standards Malaysia. MS-1596:2003 - “Determination of Concentration and Mass Flow of Particulate Matter in Flue Gas for Stationary Source Emissions MS-1723:2003 – “Performance Evaluation of Air Pollution Control and Treatment Systems: Mechanical Dust Collectors”
ii.	Malaysian Standards on Odour Control Similar to the already published Malaysian Standards, MS-1723:2003 and MS-1596:2003, another work group under SIRIM-ISC Z developed the following new Malaysian Standards. MS1963:2007 - “Determination of Odour Concentration by Dynamic Olfactometry”
iii.	AECCOM Representation in Various SIRIM Committees and Work Groups AECCOM also sat in the following Committees and Work Groups:- · Industrial Standards Committee on Environment Standards (ISC-Z) · Sub-Committee for “Environmental Performance Evaluation NSC 4, ISO-14000 series. · Work Group on Stationary Source Emissions · Technical Committee on Air · Technical Committee on Solid Bio-fuels · Technical Committee on Waste

5.

e.	NATIONAL WATER SERVICES COMMISSION (SPAN)
i.	Dialogue with SPAN On 6^th June 2008, five AECCOM members met with Dato” Yeo Yen Hua, CEO and Encik Mohd. Ridhuan bin Ismail, Director-General of the Sewerage Regulatory Department, SPAN. During this dialogue various problems encountered by sewerage contractors were brought to the notice of SPAN and a list of members’ questions and queries for clarification were handed to Encik Mohd Ridhuan for his attention. SPAN was happy with AECCOM’s feedback and cooperation. Other issues brought up were AECCOM’s JPP Training Module II for “Operations of Wastewater & Sewerage Treatment Plants” and STP odour control regulations.
ii.	Final Draft - Malaysian Sewerage Industry Guidelines (MSIG) Vol. 2 - Sewerage Works Procedures On 21st August 2008, AECCOM received a soft copy of the Final Draft of MSIG Vol. 2. This notice was duly circulated to all AECCOM members. CD copies for checking were made available to AECCOM members whose business was affected by these guidelines.
COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AND ENTITIES
a.	FMM - FEDERATION OF MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURERS
i.	FMM Briefing on Management of Scheduled Waste in Malaysia AECCOM was invited by FMM to participate in this event in September 2000. AECCOM’s Deputy Chairman, Mr. Chen Yew Seong, presented a paper on “Environmental Consultants Viewpoint on Hazardous Water Management by Industries”.
ii.	FMM - Briefing on “Updates on Scheduled Wastes Regulations and Benefit of Waste Management for Industries” AECCOM was invited by FMM to present a paper entitled “Hazardous Management by Malaysian Industries - Environmental Consultants Perspective”. AECCOM Council Member, Dr. S.L. Tong in collaboration with Mr. Balasubramaniam A/L Karpan (scheduled waste contractor), represented AECCOM in giving the presentation on 26^th August 2003.
b.	EUROPEAN UNION-ASIA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Dato’ Ir. Dr. A. Bakar Jaafar, President of AECCOM, was invited by EA-SWMC Conference Manager, to present a paper at this conference held in Ipoh, Perak, on 29^th-30^th October 2008. Dato’s presentation was entitled “New Approach on Consumer Participation in Recycling of Waste for Materials and Energy”. AECCOM was also the joint-promoter of this Conference.
c.	CANADA ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CEIA) An MOU was signed between AECCOM and CEIA on 11th August 1994 to promote each other's interests in their home countries. The CEIA is an organisation dedicated to promoting the interests and development of Canadian companies whose business is supplying environmental technologies, products and services. The CEIA recognised that the diversity of environmental technologies and the small to medium size of the approximately 4,500 Canadian environmental firms that they form greater commercial alliances and partnerships with foreign firms, to best meet the needs of existing and emerging global environmental markets. CEIA is also very much committed to the concept of two-way technology transfer and trade.
d.	KOREA ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (KEIA)
i.	KEIA – East-Asia Environmental Co-operation Meeting in Seoul, Korea On 22^nd August 2002, AECCOM was first invited by KEIA to participate in their Environmental Co-operation Meeting in Seoul, Korea. This meeting was held from 1st to 3^rd October 2002. Since then, AECCOM had participated in their annual meetings with officials from the DOE, JPP and the Solid Waste Management Department.
ii.	Agreement of Cooperation between AECCOM and KEIA On 1^st October 2002 AECCOM signed an agreement to cooperate with KEIA on the following issues :- To maintain communication and to assist their member companies in expanding economic and technological cooperation and trade. To exchange information on the status of each country’s economy and to make this information known to their member companies by means of seminars, conference and regular newsletters. To provide assistance to the respective member companies with a view to common activities in third markets. To assist each other in the organisation of/or participation in exhibitions, fairs or seminars aimed at the expansion of economic cooperation. To promote company to company communications between member companies of each association. To foster technological cooperation of various forms, such as joint ventures, and strategic alliances between the association’s member companies. To provide assistance to trade and technological missions between the two countries.
iii.	Memorandum of Understanding for Environmental Information Sharing Among Nations AECCOM signed an MOU on 20^th November 2003 to promote environmental cooperation and exchange of information with the following nations. The Indonesian Medium Enterprise Association Republic of Indonesia EPIC, The Philippines The Korea Environmental Industry Association Republic of Korea (KEIA)
e.		NETWORKING
		AECCOM works actively with Government Departments, Associations and Institution, among which are the following :- Department of Environment (DOE) Sewerage Services Department (JPP) Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) Standard Industrial and Research Institute Malaysia (SIRIM) National Water Services Commission (SPAN) Solid Waste Management Department (SWM) Canadian Environment Industry Association (CEIA) Singapore Association for Environment Companies (SAFECO) Environmental Management & Research Association of Malaysia (ENSEARCH) Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Malaysian Water Association (MWA) Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MGCC) Centre for Environmental Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM) Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) Institute of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) Natural Resources & Environment Board, Sarawak (NREBS) Centre for Environmental Technologies (CETEC) Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (REHDA) Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) Nuclear Agency of Malaysia
f.		EMBASSIES & HIGH COMMISSIONS AECCOM also works with the following Embassies and High Commissions to attend dialogue sessions and exchange views with their visiting dignitaries and businessmen. Australian Trade Commission Western Australia Trade Office British High Commission The U.S. Commercial Service, Embassy of the United States of America Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Royal Danish Embassy Royal Norwegian Embassy Finland Trade Centre, Embassy of Finland Italian Trade Commission Embassy of Belgium Embassy of Austria Embassy of Sweden Embassy of Switzerland New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

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