Cheryl Halim

Cheryl Halim is an environmental engineer with over 15 years of experience. She has managed various sized environmental assessment, remediation, landfill, risk assessment and site audit projects. Cheryl has also assisted contaminated site auditors in undertaking many contaminated land site audits in various states in Australia. She also serves as one of Zoic's in-house risk assessment specialists. Some of Cheryl's areas of expertise include: environmental assessment, remediation, landfill, risk assessment, site audit, clandestine drug laboratory, asbestos, and leaching tests.

Sample Landfill Operations Manual

Up to 10 billon metric tons of solid waste is generated annually from urban households, commerce, industry, and construction globally. This is bound to increase further as populations grow and migration from rural to urban areas occurs with wealth and consumption inevitably rising, prompting the amount of waste per person to multiply.

Support for the Establishment of Waste-to-fuel Technology in the Transport Sector in Bangladesh

The Dhaka case study is based on the joint consulting project of Asian Development Bank and the government of the Republic of Korea and The Export-Import Bank of Korea under a Knowledge Sharing Program. Similar to the Karachi case study, the Dhaka example is about the possibility of developing a waste-to-fuel system that can establish a sustainable transport network in the city. This presentation provides an extensive assessment of the project, its current status in Bangladesh, implementation, and the issues tackled.

Karachi (Pakistan) Waste-to-Fuel Potential

Following the fundamentals of waste-to-fuel technologies and the experience of the Republic of Korea, this presentation concentrates on the Karachi case study. As the largest and most populous city of Pakistan, Karachi generates a multitude of waste that primarily end up in canals, the river, and the Arabian Sea. There is a huge opportunity to address the waste issues of Karachi by segregating the waste and converting it into biogas, which could then be used as fuel for public transportation.

Packaging Public-Private Partnerships in Waste-to-Energy Projects: ADB’s Experience

The Private Sector Operations Department of Asian Development Bank continues to be active in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) sector in many Asian countries. While the Public-Private Partnership/Build–Operate–Transfer structure is possible for WTE, the challenge is to increase the number of commercial banks that are keen to finance this type of project.

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned and Vision from the Perspective of an International Private Operator

There is unprecedented transformation on the waste market as it grows rapidly in emerging countries. The key is to apply specific solutions that will shift focus on treatment rather than sophisticated collection systems.