2nd week of news

The Strait Times peeked into 80 recycling bins in public areas and found that all of them contained some rubbish that could not be recycled.The 'foreign items' included decomposed chicken briyani, soggy tissue paper, prawn shells and chicken bones. There was even a used condom in a bin in Jalan Teck Whye.Many bins were also used as ashtrays, while others were foul smelling and attracted pests like fruit flies and ants.While the average amount of recyclables collected from each bin in HDB estates has gone up-from 65kg per month in 2007 to 103kg per month last year- the National Environment Agency said that about one fifth of all waste deposited in recycling bins could not be recycled.Two workers from public waste collector Colex Holdings was having a hard time sorting out the rubbish to their correct bins.An NEA spokesman said that throwing waste such as leftover food and drinks into the bins contaminates the recyclable materials and renders them non-recyclable.Different companies are preventing the bins from overflowing and attracting pests,so, they wash and clean the bins once a week at HDB estates but twice a week at Orchard Road and MRT.


my opinion:

I think as a resident of Singapore we must be considerate to the other people living around us because the rubbish like leftover foods will give foul-smell as they rot.It can contained some virus in the air and people living around that area may get sick.Also, the rubbish collector will have a hard time like sorting rubbish in their right compartments. It will take a longer time for the recyclable items to be recycled as this happens.We must be aware on where we throw our rubbish and try not to waste things like paper which u can use both sides of the paper instead of just one side.We must try not to throw leftover foods as it attracts the pests and flies which carried several diseases and virus.A clean surroundings will help us live a healthy life.So we must contribute to have a clean and green surroundings and the target a low amount of garbage for this year!