Rubbish and waste is a part of our everyday lives.
But what happens to the waste that we get rid off?
Where does the waste go after you dump it into the rubbish chute?
Does your family happen to separate your household waste into recyclables and non-recyclables?
Well, here's a simple flow chart to depict the journey of our unwanted thrash after it leaves our hands!
Normal household waste is collected by the public waste collectors designated by NEA. The public waste collectors will sort the waste out at their facilities, differentiating the incinerable waste and non-incinerable waste. The incinerable waste will be incinerated at Singapore’s incineration plant located. Comparatively, the non-incinerable waste will be transported to the off-shore sanitary landfill known as Semakau landfill where the waste will be buried.
There is a difference between what can or cannot be recycled. If your household separates your waste into recyclables/non-recyclables, you can place the recyclable items into the blue recycling bins provided by NEA. Every block has one! These recyclable waste are similarly collected and sorted by public waste collectors. They will be recycled and transformed into new products, some of which you might not tell the difference from non-recycled products!
So why waste these recyclable materials by letting them get incincerated? Put our 'rubbish' to good use and start doing our parts. Start recycling! :D
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