In Parliament on 6 August 2019, Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) Dr Amy Khor spoke about managing disposables and encouraging reusables.
The National Environment Agency has launched the “Towards Zero Waste” grant to scale up waste reduction and recycling initiatives. Next year, NEA will require brand owners, manufacturers and importers of packaged goods and supermarkets with an annual turnover exceeding $10 million, to report information on the packaging they place on the market, and their plans for reducing, reusing and recycling this packaging annually.
MEWR is taking action to increase the recycling rate. For example, there are plans to roll out 50 “reverse-vending machines” this year, to encourage the public to consciously recycle bottles and aluminium cans.
Dr Khor also urged individuals to opt out of using disposable cutlery, and to use their own reusable bags and containers.
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