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Apr 11, 20121 min read
Siblings put food waste to good use [News]
Siblings put food waste to good use By Leslie Kay Lim, The Straits Times, 11 Apr 2012. For many businesses, excess food is merely waste...
Apr 7, 20121 min read
Why are few Singaporean families going green? [News]
Why are few Singaporean families going green? By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 7 Apr 2012. Singapore families are dismal when it comes...
Mar 30, 20122 min read
StarHub launches e-waste recycling programme for Earth Hour with a challenge [Press Releases]
Singapore, 30 March 2012 - For Earth Hour this year, from 8:30pm till 9:30pm on Saturday 31 March, expect to see dimmed lights, as well a...
Mar 30, 20121 min read
Over 300 corporate organisations participating in Earth Hour [News]
Over 300 corporate organisations participating in Earth Hour By Qiuyi Tan, Channel NewsAsia, 29 Mar 2012. More than 300 corporate...
Mar 27, 20123 min read
Singapore Waste Statistics 2011
Singapore Waste Statistics 2011 The latest 2011 waste statistics and recycling rate for Singapore can be found at the National...
Mar 7, 20121 min read
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...
Feb 7, 20121 min read
Planning a Campaign to Reduce, Redistribute and Recycle Food Waste in Singapore
Planning a Campaign to Reduce, Redistribute and Recycle Food Waste in Singapore In 2010, Singapore threw away 0.64 million tonnes of food...
Dec 28, 20111 min read
Turning food waste into water [News]
Turning food waste into water By Yasmine Yahya, The Straits Times, 28 Dec 2011. Green technology was the last thing on the mind of...
Dec 21, 20111 min read
Researchers use recycled glass to filter raw water [News]
Researchers use recycled glass to filter raw water By Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia, 21 Dec 2011. A team of researchers from Ngee Ann...
Dec 8, 20113 min read
Singapore Printer Brands Launch First-Ever Joint Recycling Initiative – Project Homecoming [Press Releases]
Singapore, 1 December 2011 - Five major printer brands based in Singapore: Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson and Lexmark, with the support of t...
Dec 8, 20111 min read
Food waste recycler folds [News]
Food waste recycler folds By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 18 Nov 2011. Singapore's largest food waste recycling company has shut for...
Dec 8, 20111 min read
Better to barter [News]
Better to barter By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 8 Oct 2011. Instead of buying toys for her daughter, a housewife rents them. A...
Dec 8, 20113 min read
Die Die Must Share - The Idea of Collaborative Consumption
Eugene Tay, the Editor of Green Business Singapore and Founder of Green Future Solutions, is a person whom you would describe as a green ...
Nov 10, 20111 min read
Young recyclers keep their friends in the picture [News]
Young recyclers keep their friends in the picture By The Straits Times, 10 Nov 2011. Organisers of a new recycling initiative are asking...
Oct 24, 20111 min read
2011 R3C International Symposium: New Developments in Waste Management [Events]
2011 R3C International Symposium: New Developments in Waste Management R3C (Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre) is organizing the...
Oct 6, 20111 min read
Companies cut packaging waste - and save $15m [News]
Companies cut packaging waste - and save $15m By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 6 Oct 2011. Companies here have cut back on 7,100 tonnes...
Oct 6, 20111 min read
Efforts to cut packaging waste bear fruit [News]
Efforts to cut packaging waste bear fruit By Today, 6 Oct 2011. The 127 companies that have pledged to reduce packaging waste have...
Oct 5, 20113 min read
3R Packaging Awards recognise companies for their efforts to reduce packaging waste
The Singapore Packaging Agreement signatories received the 3R Packaging Awards this morning at the Third Meeting of the Regional 3R Forum...
Oct 3, 20111 min read
Phase out plastic bags [Letters]
Phase out plastic bags Letter by Curtis Marsh, The Straits Times, 3 Oct 2011. Human nature being what it is, people will not change...
Sep 1, 20111 min read
Summary for Aug 2011
Summary for Aug 2011 Here's a summary of the articles, news and events posted by Zero Waste Singapore last month: Unnecessary and...
Aug 27, 20111 min read
Unnecessary and wasteful mooncake packaging [News]
Unnecessary and wasteful mooncake packaging By Ng Puay Leng and Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia, 26 Aug 2011. The Mid-Autumn Festival is...
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