In today’s age of abundance in Singapore, one can never imagine a time where there is no water flowing from our taps, but such a scenario has indeed played out in the past. Back in 1963, Singapore had to undergo emergency water rationing, water access was cut for 6 hours 4 times a week! Despite having water agreements signed with …
In the past we have covered topics like saying NO to plastic bottles in which we talk about how the cost of plastic bottles is severely inflated compared to the water used to fill it and in this post which we talk about the growing plastic waste problem, we talk about how because of the increase …
Growing Plastic Waste In Singapore, 822,200 tonnes of plastic waste was generated in 2016, with a measly 7% recycling rate, as reported by the National Environment Agency. Due to the complexities of plastic, recycling is often hard and inefficient leading to majority of the plastics that you throw to be disposed in a landfill. Singapore …
