The rubbish produced by nearly 6 million people in Singapore is incinerated, resulting in over 2,000 tonnes of ash and non-incinerable waste like sludge getting sent to Semakau every day.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Singapore's only landfill, Semakau, is now more than half full and environmental experts are sounding the alarm on the need for people to reduce their waste - and fast.
“We have a real problem in Singapore and rising production of waste by consumers and by households is clearly the main reason for us having this concern,” said Associate Professor Johan Sulaeman, director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute at the National University of Singapore .
“You have chemicals, you have microbiome content that can pose some risk to human and environmental health and we need to reduce those risks and hope that we can eliminate the risks.”When it comes to reducing waste, which Singapore has targeted through several campaigns, Assoc Prof Sulaeman pointed out single-use utensils in particular.
Non-governmental organisation Zero Waste SG also called on businesses to do their part. For instance, they can put in place a recycling programme to nudge their customers in the right direction, said its executive director Tan Hui Leng.
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