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tabulate amount of recyclables and provide facilities for recycling of items collected

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allows residents to input their unit no. so that organisers are aware of who is recycling and have a sense of accountability.

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promote consumers to bring their own plastic bags/ containers/ packaging.

recycling bins in malls

give subsidies/ incentives to businesses who actively recycle to increase participation rate.

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encourage residents and neighbours to recycle properly.

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MSE officers can check on revolving bins and provide them for residential areas

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having a resident from each level to take the responsibility to collect and maybe transport the recyclables

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having a recycling bin for each level. however, someone would need to bring the collected recyclables to the ground floor.

have different sections for types of recyclables so that residents would have to sort out their waste.

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using paper bags from households would reduce the cost of producing bins.

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- putting bins in front of every house would increase convenience and more would be encouraged to recycle

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Financial rewards for households based on volume of plastics recycled

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- aid in recycling, where one type of plastic is used and can be recycled easily.
- concerns: different types of plastic for different use
- consistency in design

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-Currently we have those blue bins at the bottom of HDB blocks and other places meant for recycling. However, many of these bins are often incorrectly and other waste products (e.g. food waste) end up inside.
Suggestion: implement a tax to dispose waste
->this would allow us to change the nation's culture and inculcate the habit of reusing/reducing the waste we produce

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- currently 10 cent per transaction, not per plastic bag
- option to raise it to 20-30 cents and possibly per bag
- make it mandatory for all supermarkets to have this pricing so that everyone will bring reusable bags
- concern: consumers may stop shopping at these businesses and move to digital shopping. This may affect businesses.

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-education/campaigns to raise awareness and encourage action
-collaboration with businesses for campaigns

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We could create a new logo for plastics that can be recycled and make it more prominent. Certain types of plastics are disposed differently than others and by using this method, consumers, after they have used that product with plastic, could recycle it easily. After we create a product and ship it away, we cannot hold responsibility as to how it is disposed. If the recycling process is made easier, people could be more willing to recycle initiatively.

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Encourage consumers to wash and sort and put in recycling bins but many of them might not be clear on how to recycle and more often than not end up contaminating recyclables with trash, reducing the effectiveness of the solution

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Although some businesses may genuinely want to help the environment and be eco-friendly, they are mainly restricted due to fear of loss of profit and the difficulties faced when trying to find an alternative to using plastic in products/packaging

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893,000 tons of plastic waste was generated in 2019, but only 37,000 tons, or 4%, of that waste was recycled.

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Consumers would prefer the convenience plastic provides to alternative materials

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Include a cost for the option to use plastic bags nationwide

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1. Outreach to companies, businesses and schools in the form of advocacy for reducing plastic waste. This can develop awareness, knowledge and skills to improve the environment for a sustainable future.
2. Start incentives and movements which can influence more outlets and brands to reduce plastic usage.
3. Motivate the local Singaporean community to reduce plastic packaging and opt for alternatives.
4. Encourage reusables or implement returnable schemes. Recover packaging from products to be reused.

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Our concerns are that if we were to reduce the total production of plastics, there would be less manpower needed and some of our employees will lose their jobs.

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-incentive scheme
-make recycling more convenient
-public education

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- start advocating for conservation for the environment through various means and methods such as posters, websites, programs

- encourage businesses and local initiatives to take up initiatives like zero waste, by highlighting out the different benefits both these initiatives serve to the public and to them as most businesses may not be willing to partake in such initiatives if no benefits are incurred for them

- advocate for policies that will enable and push businesses to start designing their products so as to make them reusable for eg technology retail stores can make their digital devices easily repairable and reusable -> increase te sustainability of such products

- as most of the plastic waste generated lies with packaging, we can start looking into packaging -> research and look for ways that will enable the various types of packaging to become much more eco friendly

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1. Would consumers have to pay more for single-use plastic packaging if this policy is implemented?
2. Additionally, would the reduction in plastic waste through packaging inconvenience consumers?
3. How can we cut down on plastic waste while maintaining the hassle-free lifestyle that consumers currently enjoy with plastic packaging?

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1. How to increase outreach to the public?
2. How to approach the issue? (Either we garner support from consumers to encourage change from businesses or we directly approach businesses)
3.

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- Lack of concern for long term impact / overlooking long term consequences
- ageing population is unlikely to be receptive
- people are unwilling to take the effort to recycle because it is inconvenient
- people are unaware of the large amount of plastic consumed / disposed of in Singapore

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Singaporeans are unwilling to make the effort to recycle and there is a lack of concern for the long term impacts of plastic usage.

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-The public's lack of cooperation and refusal to change habits to use plastic alternatives

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We cannot reduce the plastic waste without reducing the manufacture of plastic, hence how can we work together with consumers to reduce overall plastic consumption?
Since plastic is also so important to our daily lives, what alternatives can we find?

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- Subsidise eco packaging for companies so that it can be more widely produced and used for food deliveries across Singapore as it is currently not cost effective
- government should encourage businesses especially food owners to use substitutes for plastic packaging or remove it completely
- investing in research on how to optimize product design as well to use less plastic overall.
- make recycling more accessible for households (can have a recycling bin per level) --> more willing to do it
- constant education in the forms of perhaps the media like TV for the older citizens, and educating schools so that even if the adults don't listen, the children who will eventually become the adults are environmentally friendly.
- tax deductions for companies who use eco packaging so as to decrease the costs and this will also have minimal impact on consumers

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- how are we going to make it more convenient for consumers to bring their own container/not use disposables?
- How can we process the increase influx of plastic waste in our current recycling plants?
- how can we reach out to the elderly and educate them  on recycling?
- how much of a give and take would have to be carried out to ensure that manufacturers, etc would be willing to buy in on the policies introduced?

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Briefly describe the policy:

1. the components of the policy option

2. How the option addresses the issue identified

3. The benefits/drawbacks of the option if implemented

4. Ways to mitigate the negative impact

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Evaluate the policy using appropriate criteria. The assessment of the options should be rigourous:

able to identify benefits

able to identify drawbacks/trade offs

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State the parties involved in the implementation

How will the party/parties involved implement the policy?

What is the implementation timeline?

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If you have time to propose more than one policy, recommend which should be implemented and explain why it is a better policy.