Waste In Singapore
by nana lala
1. recycling rate
2. the overall recycling rate rose to 61 per cent last year
3. new facility
4. A new facility that recovers metals from incineration bottom ash
5. has helped to increase the amount of metal recycled from 1.48 million to 1.49 million tonnes.
6. recycling rate of paper and cardboard fell by 1 percentage point to 51 per cent,
7. rate for plastics fell from 9 per cent to 7 per cent.
8. need to ramp up recycling efforts
9. encourage consumers and businesses to recycle more of their waste
10. waste generated in Singapore
11. 7.67 million tonnes
12. average amount of waste generated by individuals
13. increased by almost 200kg from 2000 to 2014.
14. amount of food wasted
15. people in Singapore threw away 785,500 tonnes of food
16. Overall, 4.65 million tonnes of waste was recycled.
