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Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development 2019

Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development 2019 Under the theme “Circularity 2030”, The 8th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Sustainable Development will focus on rethinking how our economies are structured. Through a 2-day plenary-based agenda, the Forum will focus on identifying drivers of and solutions for transitioning from a linear economy to a circular economy. This year, the Forum will…

Singapore’s First Guide For Rating F&B Retailers On Their Efforts To Reduce Plastic Disposables

Singapore’s First Guide For Rating F&B Retailers On Their Efforts To Reduce Plastic Disposables Zero Waste SG has launched the BYO Singapore Guide 2018 to encourage food and beverage (F&B) retailers to take more action in reducing plastic disposables. This guide provides a rating of 100 popular F&B retailers in Singapore based on their efforts to reduce single-use plastic disposables,…

“Malls, hotels must look into improving efforts to reduce waste” [News]

“Malls, hotels must look into improving efforts to reduce waste” [News] By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 24 Nov 2016 From hotels throwing out leftover food to shopping malls discarding paper and plastic packaging, such large commercial premises alone churned out about 302,000 tonnes of waste last year, taking up 4 per cent of the total waste generated in Singapore. And…

Oral Reply by Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources, to Parliamenty Question on Imposing a Charge on Plastic Bags in Supermarkets, 9 Nov 2016 [Parliament Q&A]

Question: To ask the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources whether the Ministry will consider imposing a charge on plastic bags at supermarkets.

Answer:

In Singapore, households generally re-use plastic bags to dispose of their waste in a hygienic manner. In addition, plastic bags which are thrown away are incinerated safely at our waste-to-energy plants before they are landfilled…

Plastic bag charge could have ‘unintended consequences’: Amy Khor [News]

Plastic bag charge could have ‘unintended consequences’: Amy Khor [News] By Lim Jia Qi, Channel NewsAsia, 9 Nov 2016 A plastic bag charge could have “unintended consequences”, such as the substitution of these bags with paper bags or even wastage of reusable bags, Senior Minister of State for Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor told Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 9).…

ITE’s Culinary Students Develop Recipes For Unconsumed Food At Home [Press Release]

Homemakers can turn unconsumed food into a new dish instead of throwing them away

Singapore, 17 Oct 2016 – Zero Waste SG and ITE College West are co-organising the inaugural “Save Food Cut Waste” Recipes Competition 2016 for ITE’s culinary students to develop recipes for unconsumed food at home. Sheng Siong is the Food Sponsor and the National Environment Agency…

Reducing food waste: Getting Singaporeans to embrace ‘ugly food’ [News]

Reducing food waste: Getting Singaporeans to embrace ‘ugly food’ [News] By Liyana Othman, Channel NewsAsia, 24 Oct 2016 More than 790,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in Singapore last year – almost the equivalent of throwing away two bowls of rice every day. There are no official figures on the breakdown of food waste in Singapore, and also how…

Public Forum on Plastic Disposables

Public Forum on Plastic Disposables Zero Waste SG and Young NTUC are co-organising the first public forum to discuss about plastic disposables in Singapore. Join us to learn more about the problem of plastic disposables, the current initiatives from groups and organisations, and our plans for a new campaign to encourage reusables! Date and Time: 5 Nov 2016, 2pm to…