The overall recycling rate rose to 57 per cent in 2022 compared with 55 per cent in 2021.
SINGAPORE: More waste was generated in Singapore in 2022, the second consecutive year of increase as economic activity continued to pick up.million tonnes of solid waste were generated last year. This is an increase of about 6 per cent from the 6.94 million tonnes in 2021, according to the National Environment Agency’s annual waste and recycling report released on Wednesday .
The latest figure, however, was still lower than pre-COVID levels of 59 per cent in 2019 because less paper waste was recycled. That is largely due to a drop in paper or cardboard and textile or leather waste recycled, which are usually exported for recycling, NEA said. The amount exported last year was lower because of high freight costs.
According to NEA, the two main contributors to the increase in overall waste generation were ferrous metals as well as construction and demolition. New recycling companies in Singapore also boosted the recycling rate of some waste streams such as glass and ash and sludge waste.
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