MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Asia Pacific Workshop on Global Partnership on Waste Management:

M

APPING

N

EEDS AND

A

CTIVITIES ON

W

ASTE

M

ANAGEMENT

COUNTRY REPORT BY

DALSON CHUNG

DIRECTOR (INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OFFICE)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

SINGAPORE

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Presentation Outline

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About National

Environment Agency

••

Overview of

Singapore’s Waste

Overview of

Singapore’s Waste

Management System

••

Waste Management

Activities

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About NEA

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Clean Air Clean Water

High Standard of Public Health Clean Land

Energy Efficiency & Climate Change

NEA’s Mandate

Vision Statement

a

N E

nterprising

A

gency, Embracing All in Caring for our Clean and

Healthy Environment - Today, for Tomorrow

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Overview of

Singapore’s Waste Management System

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Three Guiding Principles for Waste

Management

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Strategies for Waste Management

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Collection Landfill

Consumers

Commercial

& Retail Residential

Waste Generated Incinerable Waste Non-Incinerable Waste Ash

Overview of Current Waste Mgmt System

Waste-to-Energy Recycle Producers Factories & Industries Waste Recycled Waste Recycled Ash Electricity Reduce Reuse

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Waste Statistics 2011

0.9 kg

Disposed of

per day per capita (MSW)

6,898,300

tonnes

Generated annually

by all

per capita (MSW)

41%

Disposed of

59%

Recycled

38%

WTE plants

3%

Landfill

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Waste Statistics from 2000 to 2011

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Waste Disposed of (tonnes)

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Current Activities

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Coverage of Singapore’s

Waste Management System

Waste

Minimisation &

Recycling

Waste

Collection

Waste

Disposal

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Waste Collection

• Licensing of waste collection services

Public Waste Collection Tenders

• Covers Domestic & Trade premises

Private arrangement with General Waste

Collectors

• Industrial premises and those not covered under the

public waste collection tenders

Illegal Dumping

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Waste Minimisation & Recycling

Overall Recycling Rate in 2011: 59%

• Sustainable Singapore Blueprint - 65% by 2020, 70% by 2030

Key Programmes

• National Recycling Programme (HDB and landed)

Recycling Week

• Mandatory provision of recycling receptacles for condominium

• School Recycling Corner Programme

• Recycling programme for JTC industrial estates

• Singapore Packaging Agreement – 3R Packing Awards

Development of domestic recycling services

School Recycling Corner Programme

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Waste Disposal

Incineration (Waste-to-energy Plants)

• 4 waste-to-energy plants

• Total capacity of 7,600 tons/day

• Ensure adequate incineration capacity beyond

2016

Privately-operated Waste-to-Energy

Tuas South WTE Plant

Keppel DBOO WTE

Privately-operated Waste-to-Energy

Plants

• Public Private Partnership (PPP) model

• Allow private sector to provide essential services • Incineration Services Agreement

Landfill

• Singapore’s only landfill

• Ensure landfill to last beyond 2040

Tuas Marine Transfer Station

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Toxic Waste Treatment Facility Waste generators C o ll e ct io n Tr e a tm e n t

Recycled product for re Recycled product for re--useuse

Overseas recycling facilities Exported

Examples of TIW

• Spent Etchants

• Waste Oils

• Spent Coolants

Toxic Industrial Waste

Facility Semakau Landfill Tr e a tm e n t Incineration Incineration ash ash Off-takers Recovered Recovered secondary secondary material material

• Spent Coolants

• Spent Solvents

• Pathogenic Wastes

• Oil/Chemical Sludge

• Spent Acids and Alkalis

In 2010,

In 2010, 1,141,900

1,141,900 m

m

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_{of TIW collected and treated}

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Biohazardous

Biohazardous Waste

Waste

Examples of

Bio

Bio--hazardous

hazardous

Waste

Waste::

• Infectious waste

• Pathological waste

• Contaminated

sharps

• Routine clinical

Daily Medical

Waste

Collection

from

Hospitals

Waste

Removal

from

Hospital Bin

Centre

Incineration

in Dedicated

Medical

Waste IP

In

In 2009, 20,700

2009, 20,700 m

m

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_of

_{of biohazardous}

_{biohazardous waste collected}

_{waste collected and disposed}

_{and disposed of}

_of

• 3 biohazardous waste treatment facilities

• Routine clinical

waste

• Cytotoxic waste

• Radioactive waste

• Pharmaceutical

waste

• Chemical waste

• General Waste

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Challenges

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Challenges

•

• Increase in waste generation due to population and

Increase in waste generation due to population and

economic growth

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• Limited space for disposal and recycling facilities

Limited space for disposal and recycling facilities

•

• How to further raise recycling rate

How to further raise recycling rate

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Basic Basic Research Research Applied Applied Research Research

Test Bedding & Test Bedding & Demonstration Demonstration

Pre

Pre--Commercialisation

Commercialisation OperationsOperations

R&D as a Priority

Environment Technology

Research Programme

(ETRP)

$15 mil (

$15 mil (€

€8.43 m)

8.43 m)

Environment Technology

Research Programme

(ETRP)

$15 mil (

$15 mil (€

€8.43 m)

8.43 m)

Innovation for

Environmental Sustainability

Fund (IES)

$20 mil(

$20 mil(€

€11.24 m)

11.24 m)

Innovation for

Environmental Sustainability

Fund (IES)

$20 mil(

$20 mil(€

€11.24 m)

11.24 m)

3R Fund

$8 mil

((€

€4.5 m)

4.5 m)

3R Fund

$8 mil

((€

€4.5 m)

4.5 m)

Types of incentive programmes available in solid waste management Types of incentive programmes available in solid waste management

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Reduce waste to landfill through use of IBA as construction

Non-incinerable Waste - 477 t/d (e.g. sludge & slag) Incineration Ash

- 1,728 t/d

Semakau Landfill

Incineration Bottom Ash

IBA from

Waste-to-Energy Plant

Processed IBA Completed road-base with IBA

Reduce waste to landfill through use of IBA as construction

material

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Knowledge Transfer as a Priority

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Value Propositions

Opportunities to meet and network with leaders, senior government officials, policy makers,

regulators and industry captains to identify, develop and share practical solutions to address

environmental challenges for tomorrow's cities

Participants will also get to hear and environmental challenges for tomorrow's cities

Enhanced networking and new business opportunities with in-conjunction events –

Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) and the World Cities Summit (WCS)

Strategic partner event – WasteMET Asia, provides a channel for sharing of technical expertise at the

trade exhibition and technical conference

Participants will also get to hear and interact with renowned speakers such as:

• Mr Achim Steiner(UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations)

• Mr Frank Jensen (Lord Mayor, Copenhagen)

• Mr Henri Proglio(Chairman, Electricité de France)

• Mr Kamal Nath(Minister of Urban Development, India), and many others

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Theme & Key Pillars

CESS 2012 – Theme

Innovative Clean Enviro-Solutions for Asia's Growing Cities

Clean Environment

Clean

Environment WasteMET Asia Exhibition & Environment Leaders Summit Environment Regulators Roundtable Exhibition & Conferences Key Outcome

Promotes and elevates the strategic importance of managing the environmental agenda,

in rapidly developing Asia

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Clean Environment

Leaders Summit

• Premier platform for knowledge exchange, business and experience sharing

• Targeted at City Leaders, senior Government Officials and Policy Makers, senior executives of International Organizations & Industry Leaders

• Supported by UNEP and the World Bank

Plenary Session 1

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Governance & Leadership: Towards Resource Efficient Cities of the Future

Enabling Technological Solutions for Sustainable Waste and Resource Management

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• Platform for international regulatory community to:

Share best practices, policies, technologies and tools on various aspects of Sustainable Environmental Pollution & Waste-to-Resource Management Policies for Cities

Identify implementation plans to encourage adoption of technology in sustainable waste management amongst industry sectors

• Supported by the World Bank

Clean Environment

Regulators

Regulators Roundtable

Roundtable

• Supported by the World Bank

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Experience Sharing

Policies and Frameworks

Theme

Sustainable Environmental Pollution & Waste-to-Resource Management Policies for Cities

Closed-Door event attended by Regulators from:

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, UAE,

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• Partner event of CESS – industry exhibition and conference focusing on waste management and environmental technology

• Jointly organised by NEA and Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS)

• Technical Conference on “Waste Management in Growing Cities” (partnering International Solid Waste Association)

WasteMET

WasteMET Asia

Asia

Technical Conferences Networking Functions Trade Exhibition Business Exchange Sessions Site Visits

Hosted Buyer & Business

Matching Prog

Solid Waste Association)

500 delegates

7000 Trade/ Professional Visitors

150 exhibitors 4,300 sqm

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Thank You

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Waste Statistics 2011

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Waste Statistics 2011

Waste Type Waste

Disposed of (tonne) Total Waste Recycled (tonne) Total Waste Output (tonne) Recycling Rate (%) Food waste 605,800 69,700 675,500 10% Paper/Cardboard 603,200 765,000 1,368,200 56% Plastics 656,000 77,000 733,000 11% Construction Debris 12,600 1,191,100 1,203,700 99% Wood/Timber* 97,400 176,500 273,900 64% Horticultural* Waste 149,800 89,000 238,800 37% Ferrous Metal 67,600 1,171,600 1,239,200 95% Ferrous Metal 67,600 1,171,600 1,239,200 95% Non-ferrous Metals 14,500 102,800 117,300 88% Used Slag 5,700 335,900 341,600 98% Sludge 152,900 0 152,900 0% Glass 51,400 21,400 72,800 29% Textile/Leather 113,700 17,300 131,000 13% Scrap Tyres 3,700 18,300 22,000 83% Others (stones, ceramics & rubber) 325,200 3,200 328,400 1%

Total 2,859,500 4,038,800 6,898,300 59%