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With more people pitching in to the national effort to cut waste, Singapore is on course in its vision of zero landfill.
Nationwide: Overall recycling rate rose from 40% in 2000 to 48% in 2004.
The Target: 60% by 2012.
HDB Households and Landed Property: Participation in the National Recycling Programme rose from 14% in 2001 to 54% in 2004. That’s almost every other person doing their bit to keep Singapore sustainable.
Condominiums: Implementation of structured recycling programmes rose from 14% in 2002 to 34% at end-January 2005.
The Target for 2005: 45%.
Schools, Junior Colleges, and ITEs: Percentage with a Recycling Corner Programme rose from 30% in 2003 at launch, to 50% in 2004.
The Target for 2005: 80%.
Number of public recycling bins: 1,700 in 2001 to 5,100 in 2004.
The Target for 2005: 6,000.
Town Councils: 9 out of Singapore’s 16 Town Councils are in trials involving providing recycling stations in HDB estates.
Comments: NEA is providing a centralised recycling station to each of four cluster groups of condominiums without a structured recycling programme. There are now four such clusters – at Newton Food Centre car park, West Coast Park, Camden Park and Kovan Road areas.
Results of collective effort: Total waste disposed at incineration plants and landfill dropped 11% in four years - from 7,600 tonnes per day in 2000 to 6,800 tonnes per day in 2004.
Save Our Landfill Space – Reduce Waste! The Strategy
Reduce volume of waste to be incinerated. The four incineration plants in Singapore burn up about 90% of waste collected. The remaining 10%, mostly non-incinerable waste goes into Semakau Landfill. Heat generated is used to generate electricity, while ferrous metal is recovered; the residual ash goes into the landfill.
Recycle through Recycling Bins at Public Places, and NEA’s National Recycling Programme.
Reduce residual waste that has to be disposed of in landfill. Four Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste recycling facilities in Singapore sort and process C&D waste into secondary aggregates and other products for the construction industry. Used copper slag from the marine industry is now processed for reuse in grit blasting and to make concrete-paving blocks. A facility processes and converts steel slag from the scrap iron mill into road-building material.
Minimise or reduce waste at the source.
BYOB! Cashiers in supermarkets were encouraged to reduce number of plastic bags issued to customers while customers were encouraged to bring their own bags.
Conservation rules! Distribution of guide books on waste minimisation to industries.
Play & get smart! In April 2005, NEA launched online game “3R City” to educate students and young people on waste minimisation and recycling through PC fun and games. |
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