ST: The Big Story, 18 Apr - Only 13% of S'pore's domestic waste was recycled in 2021, even as households throw out more rubbish

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · Apr 18, 2022 · 5m

The National Environment Agency said in a report on Monday that households generated 1.82 million tonnes of waste in 2021, up from 1.77 million tonnes in 2020. For both years, only 13% of domestic waste was recycled. Between 2017 and 2019, the domestic recycling rate hovered between 17 per cent and 22 per cent. In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Journalist Shabana Begum to find out more about the report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.