Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on segregated recycling bins

Question:

Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in view of the success of the Recycling Hub in Queenstown (a) whether similar segregated recycling bins will be deployed in other housing estates; (b) if so, what the rollout timeline is; and (c) if not, what the constraints are and how these may be addressed.

 Answer:

Source-segregated recycling initiatives complement the commingled blue bin system under the National Recycling Programme. We are encouraged that community partners such as Public Waste Collectors, non-profit organisations and Town Councils have come forward to trial these initiatives such as the Recycling Hub in Queenstown, which uses smart recycling bins to aggregate clean stream recyclables. These efforts further encourage proper recycling behaviour at the local level.

Source-segregated recycling also takes place at the national level, via initiatives such as the extended producer responsibility schemes for e-waste and beverage containers, where producers are responsible for collecting and recycling their products at end-of-life.

We will continue to encourage and support ground-up initiatives such as segregated bins to strengthen our recycling ecosystem, by partnering with the community and industry stakeholders on localised solutions to improve recycling.