Environment Concerns for a Steel Mill Operating in a Clean and Green City State

摘要

Singapore is a smalt island nation with a total land area of about 650 sq km and a population around 4.8 million. Ranked as the second most populated country in the world after Monaco, Singapore is also often ranked as the cleanest country in the world. Singapore has acceded to the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nationals Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 13 April 2006 in line with Singapore's intention to participate in the international arena on managing greenhouse gas emission levels in ways that would not harm economic growth. As a global logistics hub, Singapore is also a signatory to other international environmental agreements which include the Bessel Convention, the Ozone Treaties and the MARPOL Convention. This paper provides an overview of the environment issues for a steel mill operating in Singapore. In particular, the key environmental issues that will likely to be of concern will be presented and discussed.