- Capacity building in innovative scientific research and education
- Collaborative research on various environmental issues
- Industrial waste management
- Waste valorisation and carbon dioxide sequestration
- Remediation of contaminated soils
- Restoration/reclamation of disturbed terrestrial ecosystems
- Academic and research knowledge exchange
- Exchange of researchers and students
- Conference/workshop organisation
- Quarterly release of newsletter
- Industry participation for lab-to-field research implementation
- Joint publications