reduce-reuse-recycle Archives

by pei xian tan February 25, 2022

Living

[fresh perspectives] will household recycling bins encourage ‘right recycling’?

Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Will distributing recycling bins to every household spur Singaporeans on to 'recycle right'? recycle regularly, but get it right. In 2021, the National Environment Agency (NEA) launched a survey on household recycling to investigate nationwide trends of recycling and the utility of recycling bins within Singaporean households. This was their main takeaway: many households in Singapore recycle regularly, but not everyone got it right. And so it was announced that ...

by stef t. May 5, 2021

Featured, Living

i tried shopping eco-consciously for a month. here’s what happened.

Shopping! Probably one of Singaporeans’ best-loved past times. While we’re at it, is it possible to remain earth-friendly too? Curious, I decided to put my skills to the test and tried shopping eco-consciously for a month. It’s official, after years of loyal support and top-tier privileges, I’m breaking up with the famed coffee-chain-which-shall-not-be-named. Despite their seemingly strong move towards greener in-store practices, my growing eco-conscience finds it hard to accept the ...