Asia Pacific Workshop on Global Partnership on Waste Management: MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT COUNTRY REPORT BY DALSON CHUNG DIRECTOR (INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OFFICE) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SINGAPORE
Presentation Outline About National Environment Agency Overview of Singapore s Waste Management System Waste Management Activities Challenges
About NEA
NEA s Mandate Clean Air Clean Land Clean Water High Standard of Public Health Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Vision Statement Vision Statement anenterprising Agency, Embracing All in Caring for our Clean and Healthy Environment - Today, for Tomorrow
Overview of Singapore s Waste Management System
Three Guiding Principles for Waste Management
Strategies for Waste Management
Overview of Current Waste Mgmt System Waste Generated Non-Incinerable Waste Reduce Commercial & Retail Residential Consumers Reuse Waste Recycled Collection Incinerable Waste Landfill Ash Factories & Industries Producers Electricity Recycle Waste-to- Energy
Waste Statistics 2011 6,898,300 tonnes Generated annually by all 0.9 kg Disposed of per day per capita (MSW) 41% Disposed of 38% WTE plants 3% Landfill 59% Recycled
Waste Statistics from 2000 to 2011 Waste Disposed of (tonnes) Image copyright 2012 Green Future Solutions
Current Activities
Coverage of Singapore s Waste Management System Waste Collection Waste Minimisation & Recycling Waste Disposal
Waste Collection 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 Enforcement
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) Mandatory provision of recycling receptacles for condominium School Recycling Corner Programme Recycling programme for JTC industrial estates Singapore Packaging Agreement 3R Packing Awards Recycling Week School Recycling Corner Programme Development of domestic recycling services C&D Recycling
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 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 South WTE Plant Keppel DBOO WTE Tuas Marine Transfer Station Semakau Landfill
Toxic Industrial Waste Recycled product for re-use Collection Treatment Recovered secondary material Off-takers Waste generators Toxic Waste Treatment Facility Semakau Landfill Exported Incineration ash Overseas recycling facilities Examples of TIW Spent Etchants Waste Oils Spent Coolants Spent Solvents Pathogenic Wastes Oil/Chemical Sludge Spent Acids and Alkalis In 2010, 1,141,900m 3 of TIW collected and treated 15 toxic/hazardous waste treatment facilities
Daily Medical Waste Collection from Hospitals BiohazardousWaste Waste Removal from Hospital Bin Centre Incineration in Dedicated Medical Waste IP Examples of Bio-hazardous Waste: Infectious waste Pathological waste Contaminated sharps In 2009, 20,700 m 3 of biohazardouswaste collected and disposed of 3 biohazardous waste treatment facilities Routine clinical waste Cytotoxic waste Radioactive waste Pharmaceutical waste Chemical waste General Waste
Challenges
Challenges Increase in waste generation due to population and economic growth Limited space for disposal and recycling facilities How to further raise recycling rate Turning waste into resource
R&D as a Priority Basic Research Applied Research Test Bedding & Demonstration Pre- Commercialisation Operations Environment Technology Research Programme (ETRP) $15 mil ( 8.43 m) Innovation for Environmental Sustainability Fund (IES) $20 mil( 11.24 m) 3R Fund $8 mil ( 4.5 m) Types of incentive programmes available in solid waste management
Incineration Bottom Ash Non-incinerable Waste - 477 t/d (e.g. sludge & slag) Incineration Ash - 1,728 t/d Semakau Landfill Reduce waste to landfill through use of IBA as construction material IBA from Waste-to-Energy Plant Processed IBA Completed road-base with IBA
Knowledge Transfer as a Priority
Value Propositions 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 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 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
Theme & Key Pillars CESS 2012 Theme Innovative Clean Enviro-Solutions for Asia's Growing Cities Clean Environment Leaders Summit Clean Environment Regulators Roundtable WasteMET Asia Exhibition & Conferences Key Outcome Promotes and elevates the strategic importance of managing the environmental agenda, in rapidly developing Asia Organised by: Founding Sponsor: Strategic Partners: Supporting Organisations: 24
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 Governance & Leadership: Towards Resource Efficient Cities of the Future Plenary Session 2 Enabling Technological Solutions for Sustainable Waste and Resource Management 25
Clean Environment Regulators Roundtable 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 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, Germany, India, Korea, Qatar and Australia Experience Sharing Policies and Frameworks 26
WasteMETAsia Partner event of CESS industry exhibition and conference focusing on waste management and environmental technology Jointly organisedby NEA and Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) Technical Conference on Waste Management in Growing Cities (partnering International Solid Waste Association) Technical Conferences Trade Exhibition Networking Functions 500 delegates Site Visits Hosted Buyer & Business Matching Prog 7000 Trade/ Professional Visitors 150 exhibitors Business Exchange Sessions 4,300 sqm 60% foreign and 40% local
Thank You
Waste Statistics 2011 Image copyright 2012 Green Future Solutions
Waste Type Waste Statistics 2011 Waste Disposed of (tonne) Total Waste Recycled (tonne) Total Waste Output (tonne) 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% 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% Recycling Rate (%) * Includes 66,600 tonnes used as fuel in biomass power plants