1 2 Presentation Outline Integrated Solid Waste • Introduction Management in • Overview of Solid Waste Situation • Waste Challenges • Waste Management Strategies Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) • Conclusion 16-20 February 2009

Gillian Oh National Environment Agency, Singapore

4 Part of the MEWR Family Introduction MEWR’s Role - Policy Formulation • Small island city-state NEA’s Role - Strategy and Implementation – Total land area of 697 sq km • High population density – Population of ~4.2 mil MEWR • Highly industrialised economy • Lack of natural resources and renewable energy sources

Formed 1 July 2002 Transferred to MEWR on 1 April 2001

5 6 Our Desired Outcomes Mission As Regulator, Facilitator and a Promoter To ensure a sustainable clean Clean Clean Clean High Std of and healthy Air Land Water Public Health environment in Singapore.

and National Pride Our Vision aNEnterprising Agency, Embracing All in Caring for Our Our Ultimate Goal: Clean and Healthy Environment – Today for Tomorrow Environmental Sustainability

1 7 8 Solid Waste Management System

Households & Households & CommercialCommercial & & Trade Waste Trade IndustrialIndustrial Premises Collection Premises PremisesPremises (Privatised) Licensed Public Licensed General Waste Collectors Waste Collectors 9,140 tonnes/day* (9 sectors) (> 300) (56%) Overview of Recycling TotalTotal Waste Waste (Privately Recycling Generated Managed) Recycling Generated Solid Waste Situation (16,310(16,310 tonnes/day) tonnes/day)

Waste Disposal Incinerable waste Non-incinerable waste 6690 tons/day ( 41%) (Government owned & 480 tons/day (3%) operated – restructuring in IncinerationIncineration LandfillLandfill progress) Ash 1590 tons/day

* Nett tonnage recycled.

9 10 Waste Disposed Waste Output ( 2008) (Daily Average 1970 – 2008)

Tonnes Per Day 2001 2008 9,000 7,700 7,170 8,000 7,000 56.5% 5,700 43.5% 6,000 5,000 4,000 2,600 3,000 1,200 2,000 Non-domestic waste Domestic & trade waste 1,000 3,120 tonnes/day 4,050 tonnes/day 0 Year 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Waste Output : 7,170 tonnes/day

11 12 UNABATED WASTE GENERATION • Due to population & economic growth 16,310 t/d

…this is not sustainableWaste Waste Challenges Increase Explosion 6 times

>1,200 t/d „1 new incineration plant every 5-7 years

„1 new landfill (350ha) every 25-30 years

1970 2008

2 13 14 WASTE CHALLENGES WASTE CHALLENGES -Limited land space - Expensive to build and maintain IPs and Landfill IPs &Landfill Year Capacity Cost By 1999… All landfills on mainland were Ulu Pandan 1979 1,100 t/d 130 million full & closed 1986 1,700 t/d 200 million 1992 2,400 t/d 580 million Tuas South 2000 3,000 t/d 890 million P. Semakau 1999 630million m3 610 million

-Need to conserve our resources

15 16 Waste Management Strategies 1. Waste Minimisation 2. Recycling 3. Incineration with energy Recycled recovery of all incinerables Strategy 1 : Waste Minimisation 4. Landfilling of non-incinerables C & D waste recycling plant only

Incineration Ash Incinerable Waste Incinerable Non-incinerable Waste Recycled Products Landfill 1970 Present from Wood Waste Recycling of Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore Food Waste Recycling Plant

17 Roles of Signatories 18 Government’s Role Waste Minimisation Industry’s Role • Promote waste minimisation & recycling at a national level Minimise waste at source • Review or redesign • Facilitate & provide support for building industry knowledge packaging and technological capability to recycle & reduce waste ¾ Design/Use less packaging • Cut down • Implement & enhance the National Recycling Programme to packaging material provide a convenient means to recycle waste from households, usage ¾ Use packaging that can be recycled including packaging waste • Use packaging that The Singapore Packaging Agreement is easily recyclable jointly developed by Government, • Implement programmes to Industry & NGOs; w.e.f. 5 Jul 07. reuse or recycle Objectives packaging waste –Reduce packaging waste ( currently 35 % of • Educate industry household waste) partners and –Raise awareness/ educate public customers on packaging waste Non-Governmental Signatories: minimisation & Organisations’/Community’s Role recycling –Food and Beverage Industry , NGOs, Waste • Educate consumers and Management & Recycling Association of businesses on packaging waste Singapore, Public Waste Collectors minimisation & recycling

3 Some of the 19 20 participating retailers Waste Minimisation Waste Minimisation Bring Your Own Bag Day (BYOBD) ¾Aim : encourage shoppers to Singapore Green Label bring their own shopping bags and reduce excessive use of • A scheme which plastic bags. awards environment- ¾Inaugural day : 18 Apr 07, friendly products with every 1st Wed of month eco-labels. ¾From 4 Jun 08 : every Wed

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Sustainable Solution Close the Solid Waste Loop Strategy 2 : Recycling C & D waste recycling plant

Collection MRF Process Convert IndustryIndustry Disposal Consumers Recycling

Recycled Products from Wood Waste Recycling of Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore Food Waste Recycling Plant

23 Recycling Incinerable Waste 24 Recycling Incinerable Waste Domestic Waste •Provide infrastructure for recycling ¾National Recycling Programme - All households in HDB and landed properties have access to recycling receptacles (bins/bags)

… to reduce waste to incineration plants ¾Condominium Recycling - Mandate provision of receptacles for C & D waste recycling plant recycling in condominiums and private apartments from 1st Nov 08

¾3,800 public recycling bins

Recycled Products from Wood Waste Recycling of Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore Food Waste Recycling Plant

4 25 26 National Recycling Programme MAIN TYPES OF RECYCLABLES COLLECTED

¾ Recyclables ™Paper & Carton boxes ™Drink cans/ metal containers ™Glass bottles/jars • HDB flats & landed properties • Place these bags/bins at doorstep on ™Plastic bottles collection date indicated on the bag/bins

• Participation rate: 63% (2008)

27 28 National Recycling Programme Condominiums Recycling - 1600 Centralised Recycling Depositories 2002 : Launch voluntarily recycling programme - Work with residents, cleaners & recycling companies to encourage condominium management to introduce recycling voluntarily

With more requests from residents for recycling & low participation rate for voluntary recycling programme …. 1 Nov 2008 : Mandate provision of recycling receptacles in condominiums ( to be rolled out in phases) 30 Mar 2009: New residential property to have designated recycling point and/or recyclables chute system

29 30 Public Recycling Bins Recycling Incinerable Waste Promoting New Waste Collection System to ™Outside MRT Stations increase recycling ™ Airport Twin Pneumatic Refuse Collection System ¾ Separate chutes for refuse and ™Shopping Malls recyclables ™Food courts

5 31 32 Recycling Incinerable Waste Recycling Incinerable Waste Public Education & Community Participation Industrial and Commercial Waste Recycling: Statistics as of 2007 ¾ School Recycling Corner Programme (97%) • Paper / Cardboard (619,000 tonnes, 51% recycled) ¾ Annual Recycling Day partners: • Wood / Timber (127,800 tonnes, 52%) • Residents • Horticultural Waste (91,100 tonnes, 41%) • Companies • Plastics (75,000 tonnes, 11%) • Schools • Food Waste (51,200 tonnes, 9%) • Grassroots organizations • Government agencies • Non-Governmental Food waste recycling Organisations

Recycled Products Recycling of from Wood Waste Horticultural Waste

33 34 Recycling Non-Incinerable Waste Recycling Non-incinerable Waste Industrial and Commercial Waste Statistics as of 2007 • Used Slag (520,000 tonnes, 99% recycled) .... to reduce waste to landfill • C & D Waste (759,300 tonnes, 98%) • Ferrous Metal (668,000 tonnes, 91%) C & D waste recycling plant

Recycled Products C & D waste recycling plant from Wood Waste Recycling of Recycling of Horticultural Waste Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore Food Waste Recycling Plant

35 36 Recycling Non-incinerable Waste Recycling Non-incinerable Waste Incineration Bottom Ash ¾ 1,340 t/d ¾Successful trial use in road construction

After processing – Fine Aggregates Products containing recycled IBA from incineration plant aggregates

Before Processing – Mixed C&D Waste

Processed IBA Jalan Buroh Road Kerbs After processing – Coarse Aggregates

…Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling

6 37 38 Overall Recycling Rate 65 SGP 2012 Target 60 56 55

50 Strategy 3 : Incineration C & D waste recycling plant Percent 45

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35 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year Recycled Products Singapore Green Plan 2012: from Wood Waste Recycling of Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore to increase overall recycling rate to 60% by 2012 Food Waste Recycling Plant

39 40 Waste Collection Waste Collection

Domestic & Trade Premises Public Waste Collectors (PWCs) : Altvater Jakob Pte Ltd : Colex Holdings Ltd ™ Collection service corporatised in 1996 : SembWaste Pte Ltd : 800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd - ™ Fully privatised collection service in Sep 01 - Woodlands- ™ Improve collection efficiency and service 7 quality 9 1 - 3 8

2 4 5 6 Clementi City

Tanglin-

41 42 Waste Collection Waste Management ™All waste are collected daily and disposed of by licensed General Waste Collectors Industrial & Commercial Premises Waste ™ By licensed general waste collectors ™ By licensed general waste collectors ~90% ~10%

Ash

4 Incineration Plants Semakau Landfill

7 Waste Disposal Facilities Incineration Cost-effective disposal in land-scarce situations: Senoko IP ¾ volume of refuse can be reduced by 90% - only 10% landfill space required ¾ energy can be recovered for power generation ¾ scrap metal can be recovered for recycling Closed Lorong Halus Ulu Pandan IP Dumping Ground Tuas IP Tuas South IP

Tuas Marine Transfer Station

Semakau Landfill

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Performance ( 2007) Privatisation to improve efficiency Refuse incinerated Incineration plants ¾ 2.38 million tonnes

• Construction of 5th waste-to-energy plant by Keppel Electricity generated Seghers under a Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) ¾ 975 million kWh of electricity generated model ¾ 2 to 3% of the electricity demand for Singapore • Divestment of Senoko IP via an Infrastructure Fund Scrap metal recovered ¾ 13,800 tonnes

47 Semakau Landfill

Strategy 4 : LandfillingC & D waste recycling plant

Recycled Products •Commenced operations on 1 Apr 99 from Wood Waste Recycling of •Cost : $610 million Horticultural Waste IUT Singapore Food Waste Recycling Plant •Area : 350 ha •Capacity : 63 million m3

8 49 50 Semakau Landfill Recreational Activities • Only landfill in Singapore • Incorporated pollution control measures to minimise impact on marine ecosystem • Preserved ecosystem & biodiversity of Pulau Sport Fishing Bird Watching

Semakau Inter-tidal Walk Star Gazing • Opened up for recreational activities since July 2005 • Strike a balance between economic development and environmental protection

51 52 Short- term Outcome In the longer term…. • Lifespan of Semakau landfill • SGP 2012 - our environmental Estimated extension from 25 - 30 years blueprint for next 10 years to to 35 - 40 years help Singapore achieve • Need for new IP environmental sustainability • Target is 60% recycling rate by Estimated extension from 5 - 7 years to 2012 10 - 15 years

http://www.mewr.gov.sg/sgp2012/

53 54 Conclusion

• Integrated waste management is important to :- -extend lifespan of Semakau Landfill -reduce the need for new waste-to-energy plants ÆTowards Zero Landfill ÆTowards Zero Waste Thank You • 3P Partnership is needed to sustain efforts in Thank You minimising waste and recycling Recycle Reuse Reduce

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