Only 13% of Singapore's domestic waste was recycled in 2021


Households generated 1.82 million tonnes of waste in 2021, up from 1.77 million tonnes in 2020. - LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Republic's domestic recycling rate remained at 13 per cent in 2021 - unchanged from 2020's figures, a 10-year low, even as households produced more waste as economic activity resumed after the first year of the pandemic.

The National Environment Agency (NEA), in its annual waste and recycling statistics released on Monday (April 18), said households generated 1.82 million tonnes of waste in 2021, up from 1.77 million tonnes in 2020.

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