Compulsory for large hotels, malls to report waste data [News]

Compulsory for large hotels, malls to report waste data By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 7 Mar 2012. In a bid to cut waste and boost recycling, the Government is making it compulsory for large hotels and shopping malls to report how much waste they generate and their targets for reducing and recycling it. Only hotels with more than 200 rooms and malls with net rental areas of more than 50,000 sq ft will have to do it. In all, about 100 hotels and 74 malls will be affected by the measure, which will be introduced in 2014. Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan announced the move on Tuesday. Elaborating on it later, a National Environment Agency (NEA) spokesman said the outcome of the new measure would help decide whether it will be extended to 'other commercial and industrial premises'. Hotels and malls can generate more than 1,000kg of waste a day, while their recycling rate can be as low as 10 per cent or even less, said the spokesman. Click here to read the full story.