Recycling Effort

[Snowolf]

Agreed.

I once wrote in to NEA to suggest paper recycling at letter box, seeing many residents throwing away paper after opening their letter box. They response that Semb Waste is tasked to do this. Afterwhich, i see more more recycling bin been placed aroud my block, 204D area.

But now, the recycling bins are full with rubbish overflowing onto the grass patch, attaching insect, cats and dogs.

Think it time to take a photo and send in to NEA again.
 

[Alaska]

I think this type or re-cycling is not wokable in Singapore society.

[lems]

I just wrote in just last month about having segregated recycling bins in the area, instead of having a common one, where is no difference from a rubbish dumping area. here is their wonderful reply... obviously missing the point.


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Good afternoon. We refer to your email appended below. Thank you for
your interest and support in recycling.

2)    In April 2001, the National Environment Agency (NEA) launched the
National Recycling Programme (NRP) to households in HDB estates and landed
properties. The Public Waste Collector companies are required to provide
the recycling programme as part of their service to collect refuse from
households. Under the NRP, households are given recycling bags or bins by
their Public waste collectors for their recyclables such as plastic and
glass bottles, paper, drink cans, old clothings, etc. Once every 2 weeks on
a predetermined day, the companies will collect the recyclables in the
recycling bags or bins put out by the residents at their doorsteps.
cycling programme for the condominium residents.

3)    To make it more convenient for the public to recycle, the National
Environment Agency (NEA) is also currently working with the Public Waste
Collectors (PWCs) companies, Town councils, CDCs, and other agencies to
provide at least one set of centralised recycling depositories to cater to
every five blocks of HDB flats by 2007, for residents to recycle their
household waste and to supplement the NRP. Several HDB estates in Bedok,
Bukit Panjang, Simei, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Marine Parade, Jurong, Boon Lay,
Choa Chu Kang, Holland, Commonwealth, West Coast, Dover, Woodlands, West
Coast, Punggol, Sengkang, Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio,
Toa Payoh, Bishan and Serangoon areas already have recycling depositories
at common areas in the estates.

4)    Our functional requirements to the PWCs for the provision of the
centralised recycling depositories are such that they shall collect all the
5 types of recyclables (papers, metal, glass, plastics and old clothings)
and on their collections/maintenance. Due to space constraints or other
concerns, the PWC may have deployed a commingled bin for all the
recyclables. In any case, even if the bins are separated, there may still
be some form of contamination in some instance, and the collection crew
would still have to carry out some degree of post-sorting after collection.
However, you might like to note that there are no extra costs incurred in
the sorting of the recyclables.

5)    There are currently several sets of recycling depositories in your
areas in the following locations, and we would like to take this
opportunity to encourage you to recycle through them.
- Blk XXX
- between Blk XXX and XXX
....etc etc.... (removed for privacy sake)

6)    Should the need arises, you could contact myself, or my colleague, Mr
XXXXX (Tel: XXXX XXXX) for more info. Thanks.

[Alaska]

Indeed very wonderful projects.

The missing point is that who is going to clear all those re-cycle stuffs everyday? They can't wait till once a fortnight to clear.