Singapore, 12 August 2011 – Some 6,000 Singaporean workers in the Waste Management industry are targeted to benefit from a new Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) programme for the Waste Management industry. These include workers such as Waste Collection Truck Drivers, Fleet and Route Coordinators, Waste Recycling workers, Plant Technicians and Managers.
Mr Lim Swee Say, Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress…
S$5m to boost productivity in waste management industry [News] By Saifulbahri Ismail, Channel NewsAsia, 12 Aug 2011. The waste management industry will get a S$5 million boost to raise productivity. The investments will be used to improve work processes for tasks like trash collection. For example, a bin equipped with Radio-Frequency (RFID) technology is able to record data such as…
Budget 2011: Recycling programme to be enhanced with one bin per HDB block [News] Singapore will enhance its National Recycling Programme (NRP) by providing one recycling bin for every HDB block with daily collection. This is an increase from the previous rate of one bin for every five blocks of HDB flats. On average, a resident in Singapore generates 860…