Singapore - Incineration vs Landfill

• Why is urban waste an issue in Singapore?

  • Densely populated country, with increasing prosperity therefore more waste produced, with limited land for landfill.
• What is Singapore's approach to waste?

  1. Avoid creating waste in the first place 
  2. Recover the valuable materials from it.
  3. Generate energy by incinerating waste
  4. Dump what is left on Semakau Island
• What problems does Singapore have with waste?

  • 8,000 people per square Km
  • Landfill island predicted to be full by 2035
  • Short term solution 
  • Waste management is expensive
• Solutions of waste management in Singapore (landfill and incineration)

  • They incinerate left over waste with reduces its size by 90%
  • 4 facilities that turn waste into energy
  • Magnetic separated 
  • Fumes from incineration is treated
  • Mitsubishi are building an incineration plant that can burn 3,600 tonnes of waste per day
  • 1.08 million tonnes of waste managed in 2019
  • 3,000 tonnes of waste per day 
  • Collect and sort rubbish from main land Singapore and send a barge to a landfill island called Semakau Island
• Solutions of waste management in Singapore (Recycling)

  • 2019 59% of all waste produced was recycled
  • Singapore has a zero waste master plan by 2030 wants to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill by 30% 
  •  Singapore are trying to get citizens to reduce, reuse and recycle