Singapore Waste Statistics from 2003 to 2014
Here's a look at the waste statistics in Singapore over 12 years from 2003 to 2014. It includes figures on Waste Disposed, Waste Recycled...
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Mar 18, 20152 min read
Singapore Waste Statistics 2014
The National Environment Agency has published the latest 2014 waste statistics and recycling rate for Singapore. Here's an infographic wh...
Mar 13, 20151 min read
Less waste generated, but less recycling too [News]
Less waste generated, but less recycling too By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 12 Mar 2015 Singapore generated less waste last year than in the...
Mar 13, 20151 min read
Singapore's recycling rates drop for first time in 15 years [News]
Singapore's recycling rates drop for first time in 15 years By Monica Kotwani, Channel NewsAsia, 12 Mar 2015 Statistics published online...
Mar 12, 20154 min read
Speech by Ms Grace Fu, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Committee of Supply Debate - Waste Management [Speech]
20. Now, I will like to move on to update on our waste management strategies and measures. Singapore has limited land, yet we are produci...
Mar 12, 20151 min read
Composting slowly taking root in Singapore [News]
Composting slowly taking root in Singapore By Monica Kotwani, Channel NewsAsia, 11 Mar 2015 Waste not, want not - the saying goes. Some...
Mar 12, 20151 min read
2 pilots on recycling food waste [News]
2 pilots on recycling food waste By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 11 Mar 2015 Two pilots on food waste recycling will be conducted to improve the...
Feb 12, 20151 min read
3 things you can do today on food waste
3 things you can do today on food waste Singapore generated almost 800 million kg of food waste in 2013, and only 13% of it was recycled....
Feb 11, 20153 min read
Electronic Waste Management Made Easier With Implemention Of National Standard [Press Release]
Singapore, 12 November 2014 – Successful industry implementation of a national standard on the management of end-of-life infocomm techn...
Jan 27, 20151 min read
Upward trend in recycling e-waste [News]
Upward trend in recycling e-waste By Alice Chia, Channel NewsAsia, 22 Jan 2015 More people are recycling their electronic waste, with...
Jan 12, 20151 min read
30% rise in demand for second-hand goods: Salvation Army [News]
30% rise in demand for second-hand goods: Salvation Army By Vimita Mohandas, Channel NewsAsia, 2 Jan 2015 The Salvation Army, which...
Jan 12, 20151 min read
Experts call for more to be done to tackle food waste [News]
Experts call for more to be done to tackle food waste By Valerie Koh, TODAY, 27 Nov 2014 Up to one-third of food produced globally for...
Jan 12, 20151 min read
NEA launches ‘no waste days’ challenge [News]
NEA launches ‘no waste days’ challenge By Amanda Lee, TODAY, 8 Nov 2014 To tackle the increasing amount of waste generated in the...
Jan 10, 20151 min read
It is time for Singapore to reduce plastic disposables
It is time for Singapore to reduce plastic disposables We think it's time for MEWR and NEA to look seriously into policies and...
Oct 23, 20144 min read
Insights on the Circular Economy in Singapore
Our current linear production and consumption model of "take, make and dispose" is not sustainable. We no longer can afford to use more l...
Jan 2, 20144 min read
My Journey as a Novice Ethical Clothing Consumer
By Maxine Chen Li San
The textile industry is one of Singapore’s pioneering industries. Our tailors who made clothing from scratch als...
Dec 23, 20131 min read
RUN 350 [Event]
RUN 350 RUN 350 is Southeast Asia's premier eco-run in support of the global 350 movement. This movement aims to raise awareness to the...
Dec 7, 20133 min read
Household Recycling Study: Summary
The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) recently released the Household Recycling Study, which was conducted from Aug ...
Dec 3, 20133 min read
Learn to Say 'NO'
By Chu Hui Ying
If you wish to live a zero-waste lifestyle, you can begin simply by learning to say ‘NO’ and refusing items that do ...
Oct 1, 20131 min read
An idea to charge for plastic bags on weekends [News]
An idea to charge for plastic bags on weekends By Neo Chai Chin, TODAY, 1 Oct 2013. Wading again into what it calls a “very polarising...
Sep 30, 20134 min read
Behavioural Change Crucial to Reduction in Plastic Bag Wastage [Press Release]
Singapore, 30 September 2013 – In 2011 alone, consumers in Singapore used approximately 3 billion plastic bags. The alarming figure has...
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