Technology helps to lower waste-collection fee hikes [News] By Joanne Chan, Channel NewsAsia, 1 Jun 2012. Waste management companies said an increase in refuse collection fees is unavoidable, due to rising operating costs. However, they said that productivity and technology gains have helped to moderate fee hikes. They are also promising better service standards. The National Environment Agency had announced…
Waste collection fees expected to rise [News] By Joanne Chan, Channel NewsAsia, 29 May 2012. Households in Singapore can expect to gradually pay more to have their trash collected. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said the move is aimed at uplifting the waste collection industry, which is struggling with rising operating costs while it grapples with improving service standards. Industry…
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…