With Singapore's only landfill expected to be filled by 2035, NEA is calling on everyone to do their part to extend its lifespan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At home, Ms Karen Kwek sorts the packaging from her purchases, washes out bottles, cans and other receptacles, sets the items aside and takes them to a recycling bin when she has a sizeable collection.
“We try to do these small things for the environment because we can make them part of our daily lives. I think more people are conscious of the need to be more sustainable these days. When I bring my food carrier to the hawker centre, I see other people in line with their own reusable containers too,” she adds.
Such collective effort is crucial to achieving the Government’s goal of decreasing the amount of waste sent to Semakau Landfill by 20 per cent per person per day by 2026, and by another 10 per cent by 2030. The landfill will be completely filled by 2035 if nothing is done to change Singapore’s current rate of waste generation.
Most of The Body Shop’s products are sold without boxes to eliminate packaging waste. Since late 2019, it has also installed a recycling bin in every outlet for customers to drop off used products from the company. It has collected and recycled 6,325kg of plastic waste to date.
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