I want to know the facts and figures of the wastes and recycling in SINGAPORE.?

Question

i want the most upp to date one. i would prefer from 2001 to 2007.

Answer 1

I only found one source...

Answer 2

FEW people bother to think about problems they cannot see.

In Singapore, the Ministry of the Environment has been so successful in tackling waste disposal that many do not realise the amazing logistical and engineering feats involved in ensuring that rubbish stays off the streets and does not sully the rivers and seas.

Yet, there's a time bomb ticking under every rubbish bin and in every Housing Board chute.

The amount of waste generated locally has ballooned 600 per cent in 30 years, from 0.46 million tonnes in 1970 to 2.786 million tonnes in 2000. That's almost a kilogram of trash for every resident Singaporean, every day.

Small problem, you might say, considering that the bulk of the waste is incinerated. And aren't Singapore's four incineration plants on par with the best around?

That may be so, but the problem is, not all waste can be burnt. The 10 per cent which cannot be needs landfill sites, as does incineration ash. People living in the Tampines, Chua Chu Kang, Kok Sek Lim, Lim Chu Kang and Lorong Halus areas are familiar with the smells of the old dumping grounds, the last of which reached capacity and was closed in 1999.

Today, Pulau Semakau, off the southern coast, is the only landfill left. Every night, barges ferry tonnes of non-incinerable waste and incineration ash from the Tuas Marine Transfer Station to the island, a three-hour journey in all. They are the dark and dirty underbelly of affluence that few people get to see.

And because people do not see it, they do not realise the urgency of the problem. What happens when that landfill's capacity is reached? More pertinently, can Singapore afford to wait passively for that time to come?

Obviously not, and this is where cutting the amount of waste Singapore generates takes on the highest priority - now. How? There are many ways, but in this space I will concentrate on just two - bins and bags.

Recycling bins ought to be so widely available that they become as common a sight as the rubbish bin. 'Do not waste' should become as strong a signal as 'Do not litter'.

The idea is to make recycling so easy for people that few should have any excuse not to.

Yes, some schemes are in place now for recycling agencies to collect recyclables from households, but they are not islandwide. And because collection is not frequent enough, some families prefer to just throw recyclables like glass bottles and cans out with the daily trash.

The void decks of HDB flats; focal points in private housing estates; community centres; shopping centres; HDB shopping precincts; coffee shops; food courts; office buildings; bus stops; bus interchanges; MRT stations; school compounds; sports stadiums... these are some of the places that spring to mind.

Perhaps trash trucks can even be retrofitted to have compartments for recyclables; their collection could then be at the same time as other waste.

It should not matter whether karung guni men pilfer the stuff in the recycling bins; when they do so it is a positive sign that there is a market out there for recyclables. Consider them informal assistants of the recycling effort and encourage them to come into the national framework.

Once bins are widely available, the enthusiasm for recycling that schools work so hard to instil in our young will no longer die an early death because people cannot find recycling bins to place their recyclables in.

At drinking joints which dispose of glass bottles by the tonne, perhaps licensing requirements should even be tweaked to make recycling mandatory. With only 13.8 per cent of glass waste recycled in 2000, there is scope aplenty left.

Now for bags, more specifically, plastic bags. Consumers love them, environmentalists loathe them. They soil beaches and river banks, strangle mangroves and clog up drains, and those used in Singapore are virtually all non-biodegradable.

But how to prevent them adding to the mountain of waste? The suggestion is simple, and has been made by many: charge for them.

The sum is small, but the signal it sends is big. It is that the cavalier use-and-throw attitude which attaches to plastic bags has a price. Whether a cent or five, shoppers and housewives wise to every penny's value will suddenly become conscious of the worth of the humble plastic bag.

These may be humble steps to take, but they would be big steps in Singapore's contribution to protecting Planet Earth, and giant steps towards making sure growing consumerism doesn't bury Singapore under a pile of waste.

  

    THE effort to recycle in Singapore seems to be lagging behind.

Assuming the amount of glass bottles, paper milk cartons, papers from big and small firms, aluminium cans and so on thrown away, how much waste is produced each day and how many more landfills are required in the near future?

Recyclable plastic bags are distributed in neighbourhoods, but it is not commonly practised. There are times when the bags are not collected, and the exercise seems to have stopped altogether in my estate.

Incentives in the form of a refund should be given to consumers who return glass and plastic bottles as practised in some Western countries.

Promoting recycling in Singapore should be made accessible. A few years ago, paper recycling bins were placed in the ground floor lift lobby of every HDB block in my estate, but now they are gone.

Papers from ads litter the lobby and choke the small waste bin.

Recycling bins should be introduced in all HDB blocks, for paper, glass and aluminium. Recycling is the way to protect the environment.

Answer 3

2.7 metric tons per day.......now go.

Answer 4

http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/categor...

http://app.mewr.gov.sg/home.asp?cid=166&...

www.env.go.jp/recycle/3r/en/s_official...

These should help you

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