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New Recycling Bins Along Orchard Road

February 2, 2009 by Eugene  
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The recycling bins along Orchard Road have been replaced with new silver-colored metallic bins. If you are a frequent shopper at Orchard Road, you would have noticed the previous recycling bins for paper, metal cans, plastic and glass bottles, shown in the picture below:

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The old recycling bins have been placed at various locations along Orchard Road for about seven years, and are prone to pilferage and vandalism. With the new recycling bins, the locked bins and small opening makes it difficult for people to pilfer the recyclables.

Some pictures of the new recycling bin are shown below. Keep a lookout for the bins next time you are at Orchard Road and remember to use them if you have paper, cans and bottles to recycle.

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12 Comments on "New Recycling Bins Along Orchard Road"

  1. cherie on Fri, 1st May 2009 5:24 pm 

    I think somehow the design doesnt tell me immediately which bin is for which item. It usually takes me awhile and maybe with more suitable colours or illustration, it might make the process easiler n faster for ‘recyclers’ to ‘throw and go’. Or is it just me? :)

  2. Eugene on Mon, 4th May 2009 5:03 pm 

    It’s usually blue for paper, yellow for cans, and red for plastic or glass bottles.

  3. chew on Sun, 14th Jun 2009 10:31 am 

    Cherie, I agree with you. Readability has to come first.

  4. jessie on Tue, 14th Jul 2009 1:19 am 

    Could you please let me know that where can I source this product? I like the design very much!

  5. Eugene on Tue, 21st Jul 2009 12:56 pm 

    The recycling bins belong to the National Environment Agency

  6. aydan on Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 7:07 am 

    where can you buy these bins and how much are they?

  7. Joel McCabe on Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 7:16 am 

    Are these available in Australia as well?

  8. Eugene on Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 8:58 am 

    Hi aydan and Joel

    The recycling bins belong to the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the design is special to Orchard Road. You may wish to contact NEA for further details (www.nea.gov.sg).

    Regards
    Eugene

  9. Lim Hay Pin on Wed, 16th Jun 2010 2:55 pm 

    I have a question. Does anyone know what to do with batteries(e.g. AA or AAA household batteries)? Can they be recycled or do I throw them into the normal trash bins?

  10. Eugene on Thu, 1st Jul 2010 2:37 pm 

    There’s currently no collection of household batteries for recycling. See NEA’s explanation http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2008/04/producers-have-recycling-schemes-in.html.

  11. Daniel Koh on Thu, 8th Jul 2010 9:24 am 

    Just asking on behalf of my church at bedok. Do you provide free recycle bins and clearing away when bins are full?

  12. Eugene on Thu, 8th Jul 2010 6:54 pm 

    @Daniel – Usually, you have to pay for the recycling collection. You could approach your current waste collector and check whether they provide recycling bins and collection (most of them do). If they don’t, you could check with the collectors at http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_collectrade.aspx.

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