SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency’s (NEA) most recent waste and recycling statistics show that Singapore’s overall recycling rate has decreased from 62 percent to 52 percent over the past ten years.
Specifically, the percentage of recycled paper fell from over 50% in 2013 to 31% in 2023. The agency stated in a media release on Wednesday that structural factors like freight costs and commodity prices are mostly to blame.
3.55 million of the 6.86 million tonnes of solid waste produced in 2023 were recycled. As a result, the overall recycling rate has decreased to 52% from 57% in 2022. Singapore’s Zero Waste Masterplan calls for raising its overall recycling rate to 70% by 2030. According to NEA, the decrease is due to construction and demolition waste “dropping significantly” from the previous year, nearly all of which is recycled.
According to the most recent data, the non-domestic recycling rate fell from 72% in 2022 to 67% in 2023, while the domestic recycling rate stayed at 12%. The domestic waste generated per capita, collected from households and trade premises such as schools and hawker centers, decreased by more than 15 percent over the last decade
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