Deep Dive Podcast: Why is it so hard to get recycling right in Singapore?

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Singapore has reduced its waste but domestic recycling rates are falling, according to the latest data by the National Environment Agency. Why aren't more people using the blue recycling bins? When we...

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So connecting the minds is more than just “recycling is good and recycling saves the earth.”\nI think it's more (like) “How can we for sure say that when we put something into the bin, or when we send something for recycling, it really gets recycled.”\nCrispina Robert:\nSo they don't trust that it does get recycled?\nHuileng:\nYes, that is one. The second one is that the bins that they see are so messy sometimes. It looks like the general trash bins. And they are like, “Hey ... are my things really being recycled, or is it just going to be thrown away?\"\nCrispina:\nSo (they think) what's the point, right?\nHuileng:\nExactly. We have to really understand the infrastructure. Find different ways, maybe different kinds of infrastructure, segregated waste recycling that can nudge them to do a little bit better, to convince them that recycling still works. \nCrispina:\nWe did a quick poll on CNA's social media channels and received more than 17,000 votes. Some 64 per cent of you said that, yes we recycle because it matters. So the \"heart\" part is working. I was quite surprised. So good job, CNA followers.\nAnd those who don't recycle - two were their top reasons. One, the bins are always full. Two … they say it's already contaminated so what's the point? Which is why they throw everything into the regular bin.\nIn fact, 40 per cent (of recycled waste) is contaminated. That sounds like quite a lot. So why is it that Korea, Japan, Taiwan, can nick this contamination problem, but we can't?\nProf Tong Yen Wah:\n(A) critical part for those countries is that their waste are being sorted by the general public, so they don't have a general recycling bin where you put everything in - commingled recycling.\nIn a lot of countries where they have commingled recycling, contamination does tend to happen. In Europe, in US, they do this a lot, and they found that it happens. But in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, they have separate recycling bins. 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