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Apr 29, 20102 min read
Green Future Solutions Starts mywaterbottle Campaign to Encourage the Use of Refillable Water Bottles and Reduce Single-Use Bottled Water
Green Future Solutions Starts mywaterbottle Campaign to Encourage the Use of Refillable Water Bottles and Reduce Single-Use Bottled Water...
Mar 23, 20103 min read
Committee of Supply Debate 2010: Recycling and Waste Minimisation
Committee of Supply Debate 2010: Recycling and Waste Minimisation Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources...
Feb 25, 20101 min read
Drinking Straw Art - Fantasy on a Full Moon
Fantasy on a Full Moon is an art wall mural made from drinking straws and displayed at the Esplanade a few months back. The plastic...
Jan 6, 20101 min read
What Do You Do With Used Red Packets?
What Do You Do With Used Red Packets? Chinese New Year is 1 month away and it's the time for receiving and giving out red packets. What...
Jan 2, 20103 min read
20,000 Wishing Spheres Recycled After Marina Bay Singapore Countdown
20,000 Wishing Spheres Recycled After Marina Bay Singapore Countdown In Oct 2009, a friend informed Zero Waste Singapore about the...
Dec 8, 20092 min read
How Nokia and TES-AMM Recycles Old Mobile Phones
How Nokia and TES-AMM Recycles Old Mobile Phones Green Business Singapore went for a site visit recently to check out how Nokia and its...
Oct 20, 20091 min read
Some Banks Just Don't Get It
Some Banks Just Don't Get It It is amazing how some banks waste resources in their marketing campaigns. One example is when banks send...


Sep 26, 20091 min read
Photos of Recycling Day 2009
Photos of Recycling Day 2009 The photos that we took at today's Recycling Day is posted on our Facebook page. Here's a preview:
Sep 24, 20091 min read
Recycling Day 2009
Recycling Day 2009 The annual Recycling Day is back this weekend and next, check out the NEA website for more details and activities....
Sep 23, 20091 min read
Can Recycle?
Can Recycle? We have been receiving a few enquiries from our readers on whether their waste items can be recycled under the National...
Jun 6, 20092 min read
$15 Million Seed Fund to Build Capabilities in Waste Management
This is a news release from NEA.
Singapore, 5 June 2009 - A $15 million Environment Technology Research Programme (ETRP) has been launch...
May 5, 20093 min read
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Four)
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Four) Continued from Part Three, which looked at the recycling rate...
Apr 22, 20092 min read
National Environment Agency's 3R Fund Opens For Applications
News Release from National Environment Agency.
The National Environment Agency’s S$8 million 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Fund was o...
Mar 31, 20092 min read
How to Make Notepads Out of Old Table-top Calendars and Letterheads
Thanks to Lynnette for submitting this great article (also published at Velvet Notes).
The following are steps on how to recycle table-t...
Mar 23, 20091 min read
Business Material Exchange (Under Construction)
Business Material Exchange (Under Construction) Zero Waste Singapore is in the process of creating Singapore's first Business Material...
Mar 23, 20093 min read
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Three)
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Three) Continued from Part Two, which looks at the % composition by...
Mar 18, 20093 min read
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Two)
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part Two) Continued from Part One, which looks at the waste disposed,...
Mar 17, 20092 min read
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part One)
2008 Waste Statistics and Current Waste Situation in Singapore (Part One) The latest 2008 waste statistics for Singapore can be found at...
Feb 13, 20091 min read
Bring Your Own Utensils (BYOU)
Bring Your Own Utensils (BYOU) How many disposable forks, spoons and chopsticks do you throw away each year? Let's assume that a...
Feb 13, 20091 min read
Where Can I Find Recycling Bins?
Where Can I Find Recycling Bins? Did you know that there are more than 8,000 recycling bins in residential estates all over Singapore? Do...
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