solid waste management in Singapore. information on current position?

Answer 1

dump into the sea like normal

Answer 2

With limited resources available for waste disposal, Singapore's policy for waste management necessitates the incineration of all incinerable waste that are not recovered, reused or recycled. Non-incinerable waste such as concrete slabs, bulky waste materials and incineration ashes are disposed of at the offshore Semakau Landfill.

As the quantity of refuse disposed of at the incineration plants and the landfill has been increasing over the years, a parallel policy of waste minimisation is gradually proving to be effective in solid waste management. In 2001, waste minimisation was actively promoted in all sectors of the community in an effort to accommodate land constraints and offset the rising costs of waste disposal.

Nevertheless, with refuse disposed of in 2001 tipping the scales at 2.80 million tonnes, the availability of land to cope with the increasing rates of refuse disposal, can become a pressing problem. Daily average for refuse disposal was 6,982 tonnes per day for 2005, a increase of 2.9% over the amount of refuse disposed of in 2004.

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