Write a green song for the NEA and win cash

The NEA holds its second iteration of the eco-song challenge this year. Entries open till 20 June 2011 and winners stand a chance to get up to $5,000 cash.

Already have a song on your shelf? Dust it off and send it here!

Check out their Facebook Page too.

Singapore 2010 Waste Statistics

 

 

The waste data show that the efforts of the government in promoting waste recycling has paid off. However, waste disposed has been increasing slowly since 2003. To work towards zero waste, there is a need for the total waste generated to reach a peak and decrease every year.

This means that we can’t depend only on high rates of recycling but we also need greater reduction in the waste disposed, in other words, more reduce and reuse of waste. Recycling is still the least effective of the 3 Rs and should be practised last after reduce and reuse.

via Zero Waste Singapore.

S$8 Million Fund in Singapore for Eco Causes

We applaud the NEA’s efforts to encourage participation in eco-innovation. If you have a great green idea, make it happen!

green team

Singapore, 22 April 2009 – The National Environment Agency’s S$8 million 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Fund was officially launched by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, at the 3R Seminar today.

Now open for applications, the 3R Fund will co-fund up to 80% of the qualifying costs of new waste minimisation and recycling projects, subject to a cap of S$1 million per project. The Fund will help organisations overcome the start-up costs for facilities, and offset part of the cost of technologies to further increase recycling. With this funding, the recycling industry has a better chance of achieving critical mass in the collection of recyclables for economic scale of operation. Singapore companies and organisations can use the fund to minimise waste especially in waste streams with low recycling rates such as food, plastic and glass, as well as to introduce recycling in waste streams such as used household batteries, which are currently not recycled.

The Fund complements NEA’s current 3R initiatives, which include the National Recycling Programme, Singapore Packaging Agreement, provision of recycling bins in public places, mandatory recycling receptacles in condominiums, schools’ recycling programme, public awareness and education programmes, development of the waste recycling industry, as well as building capabilities in waste management and recycling. Read more