Many Singaporeans are still unaware of the type of plastic that can be recycled. In fact, only a meagre 6 per cent of our plastic waste is recycled. Without having proper knowledge of recycling, uninformed Singaporeans tend to throw the wrong items into the recycling bin. Ultimately, the lack of knowledge on how to recycle plastic properly may lead to them choosing not to recycle altogether. Most of our plastic waste comes in the form of F&B packaging. However, contaminated plastic is not recycled by waste collectors and is sent to be incinerated. One piece of contaminated plastic in the recycling bin is enough to taint the entire bin’s worth of plastic, contributing to our extremely low recycling rate for plastic. However, Singaporeans still throw their used-food packaging into the plastic recycling bin. We should also have facilities near recycling bins for those who want to recycle plastic to rinse and clean their contaminated plastic waste before recycling it.... Continue Reading