Tuesday April 22, 2008 
Tuesday April 22, 2008 Singapore on track to hit 60% recycling rate by 2012
Singapore is on track to achieve the recycling rate of 60% by 2012, says the National Environmental Agency (NEA). Last year, Singaporeans generated 5.6 million tonnes of trash. But they also recycled about half or 3 million [tonnes] of it. And the recycling rate among Singapore households climbed to 63% - about four times higher than that in 2001. Even though more Singaporeans are recycling, some are still placing objects in the wrong bins. NEA says about 10-20% of the objects found in the recycling bins are actually un-recyclable trash.
- That is not too bad for a country where recycling was virtually unheard of just a few years ago. The government's initiative (perhaps with some prodding from people like me) to put one recycling bin at the foot of every 2 or 3 HDB apartment blocks has helped tremendously in this regard, since over 80% of the population lives in HDB flats. Recycling bins have also been rolled out for residents of private landed property as well as condos.
The only rubbish I throw away nowadays are organic (food) waste from the kitchen and small bits and pieces of packaging materials or other stuff too small to recycle properly. Now that the government has gotten the people to achieve a good recycling rate, the next step would be to get the people to sort the recyclables properly into different bins.
See also :
1. Singapore government conducts environmental survey
2. All HDB estates to have recycling depositories by 2007
3. Recycling made easier with more recycling bins at HDB estates
(2008-04-22 12:54:57 SGT)
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