Food waste gets second life as compost at international school [News] By Lim Jia Qi, Channel NewsAsia, 12 Oct 2016 Vegetable peels, fruit waste and coffee grounds – all this organic waste does not simply go down the garbage chute at the Dover campus of the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA). Instead, these are given a second…
Composting slowly taking root in Singapore [News] By Monica Kotwani, Channel NewsAsia, 11 Mar 2015 Waste not, want not – the saying goes. Some Singaporeans are going green by turning food waste into compost – through traditional and sometimes innovative means. From potato skins to leftover vegetables and fruit, the Gonzalez family collects its food waste and chucks it into…
Start Composting at Home Composting is the natural decomposition of organic material (from plants and animals)Â by microorganisms, into a dark brown crumbly organic substance called compost. Compost mixed with soil is beneficial for growing plants as the compost retains soil moisture, improves soil structure and provides nutrients. There are different types of composting methods such as using a typical compost…
Why is Singapore’s household recycling rate stagnant? [News] By Linette Lim, Channel NewsAsia, 27 Jun 2016 For two years, Hougang resident Padmarani Srivatsan has been collecting raw food scraps – like vegetable and fruit peel – that she throws out from her kitchen, turning it into soil nutrients for her plants. “It’s black gold,†she said, picking up a handful…
A two-year on-site food waste recycling trial at Ang Mo Kio Blk 628 Market and Tiong Bahru Market was launched by the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Thursday, to test the economic viability and operational feasibility of two different types of on-site food waste recycling systems. The systems are leased by NEA from two vendors – Eco Wiz (SG) and VRM…
How Much Food Do You Waste In Singapore? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October. This year, we would like to remember World Food Day by spreading awareness and action on food waste reduction. Together with Helpling, an online platform that connects you to cleaners, we have created…
18 May 2015 – The National Environment Agency (NEA) today called a tender for a two-year on-site food waste management pilot to be run at Tiong Bahru Market and Ang Mo Kio Block 628 Market. The pilot aims to test the economic viability and operational feasibility of food waste segregation and recycling in hawker centres, as part of government’s effort…
2 pilots on recycling food waste [News] By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 11 Mar 2015 Two pilots on food waste recycling will be conducted to improve the management and recycling of such waste, said Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu today (March 11). The first pilot involving two hawker centres will try out different on-site recycling…
Our current linear production and consumption model of “take, make and dispose” is not sustainable. We no longer can afford to use more limited resources and create more waste. We have to change, and the alternative model that is fast gaining traction is the circular economy.
Driven by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and building upon concepts such as Cradle to…
So much food waste, so little recycling in Singapore [News] By Rachel Tan, The Straits Times, 11 Aug 2013. Singapore produced enough food waste last year to fill 600 Olympic- size swimming pools, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). The amount soared to 703,200 tonnes last year, a 26 per cent rise from 558,900 tonnes in 2007, outpacing the 15.7…