According to The Straits Times, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is advancing its efforts to encourage people to recycle more, partnering with public garbage collectors to provide a recycling bin to every home by 2022.
Mr Desmond Tan, Minister of State for Sustainability, and the Environment, stated on Friday that "these bins would make it easier for Singaporeans to store recyclables in their houses before carrying them down to the recycling bins in their neighbourhoods".
The domestic recycling rate is at 13% in 2020 in Singapore. (Photo / Retrieved from Pixabay)
The domestic recycling rate is at 13% in 2020, according to NEA national recycling data, which is a 10-year low, while the agency's most recent poll in 2021 revealed that three out of five Singaporean households recycle.
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The domestic recycling rate is the percentage of household waste that is recycled as a percentage of total waste.
By 2030, the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint aims to achieve a 30 percent domestic recycling rate. Contamination continues to be the primary cause of the country's poor domestic recycling rate.
Due to food and garbage leaks or because they are just non-recyclable, about 40% of all materials deposited in recycling containers cannot be recycled.
Common misunderstandings persist, with half of Singaporeans believing that soft toys and styrofoam can be recycled.
Furthermore, Singaporeans generally do not wash their recyclables before discarding them. The other items inside become contaminated and unfit for repurposing as a result.
