Plans to make recycling more convenient for HDB residents [Letters]

August 9, 2011 by Eugene Tay
Filed under News

Letter to The Straits Times, 9 Aug 2011.

We thank Mr N. Nagesh for his feedback (“Chute, don’t let recyclables go to waste”; July 28).

HDB has embarked on initiatives to make recycling more convenient for its residents. This includes conducting pilot projects to use a separate recycling chute at the common area of every floor. The first of such projects was implemented in Choa Chu Kang in December 2006.

HDB has now progressed to the next phase of trials. Separate recycling chutes will be provided along the common areas near the centralised refuse chutes at four new HDB projects – Fernvale Vista in Sengkang, Treelodge@Punggol and two build-to-order projects currently under construction at Dawson.

We will evaluate the results from these projects, including the cost and their maintenance requirement, before considering wider-scale implementation to more projects.

Tan Hock Seng Alan
Deputy Managing Director (Environmental Sustainability Research)
Housing & Development Board

Source: The Straits Times