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Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Parliament Q&A

Oral Reply to Parliamentary Question on High-rise Littering by Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment

18 February 2022

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Oral Reply by Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment, to Parliamentary Question on High-rise Littering

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment what is the rationale for legislating and making high-rise littering an offence despite the inherent difficulty in enforcement.

Answer:

1 Littering in public places is an offence under Section 17 of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987. This covers littering in a range of scenarios including high-rise littering. There is no separate legislative provision for high-rise littering.

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