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Make recycling a must, fine those who don't Letter from Muhammad Hazique Salahudin Straits Times Forum 9 Nov 07 Shell Recycling Adverts "Misleading" - Watchdog Story by Andrew Hough PlanetArk 8 Nov 07 Eco-Friendly HK Food Container Maker Eyes IPO Story by Alison Leung PlanetArk 7 Nov 07 Recycle or face fines, Malaysians warned By Hazlin Hassan Straits Times 31 Oct 07 Cleanest estate contest back after 4-year break By Diana Othman Straits Times 30 Oct 07 Counting the costs of green IT Irene Tham Straits Times: Digital Life 23 Oct 07 Local firm opens Singapore's first asphalt recycling plant By Jessica Cheam Straits Times 16 Oct 07 Hyflux to build used-oil recycling plant in Vietnam Joint venture to act as springboard for expansion into region By Conrad Tan Business Times 16 Oct 07 Republic Poly's tasty fungal bounty Straits Times 16 Oct 07 iPhone has hazardous chemicals, difficult to recycle: Greenpeace Business Times 16 Oct 07 Online Recycling: Look what I got on freecycle Green website lets you swop used goods instead of throwing them away By Melody Zaccheus Straits Times 14 Oct 07 Tapping e-waste business overseas Chuang Peck Ming Business Times 11 Oct 07 Scrapping - the green way Shipowners, shipyards should gear up for new convention on hazardous materials in ships By David Hughes Business Times 10 Oct 07 "Make Your Own Bag" project launched as part of green initiative Channel NewsAsia 3 Oct 07 Koreans trash the waste problem By Lee Tee Jong Straits Times 30 Sep 07 'Green paper'? Paper jams rile S'poreans more ... Tan Hui Leng Today Online 28 Sep 07 More offices wired up but workplace may not be paperless soon Channel NewsAsia 23 Sep 07 'Very little' e-waste recycled in S'pore By Matthew Phan Business Times 21 Sep 07 Record 101 tonnes of newspapers collected for charity Straits Times 15 Sep 07 Watch 'green rubber' bounce back to life soon by Matthew Phan Business Times 12 Sep 07 SMEs here moving aggressively into waste-free technologies Matthew Phan Business Times 11 Sep 07 The Bottled Water Phenomenon: A healthy profit on tap By Rowland Nethaway Straits Times 7 Sep 07 US Retailers Push Packagers to Think 'Green' Story by Euan Rocha PlanetArk 5 Sep 07 Better communication to the masses needed if we want to make recycling campaign a success Esmond Lee Yan Zhao Straits Times 30 Aug 07 "Pay As You Throw" Waste Plans Outlined Story by Andrew Hough PlanetArk 23 Aug 07 UK Biofuel Industries set to be first to sell green power to grid Channel NewsAsia 16 Aug 07 The new public enemy #1: bottled water by Claire Gallen Yahoo News 15 Aug 07 Straws not only killer litter, they endanger wildlife too Letter from George Jacobs Straits Times Forum 9 Aug 07 Plumbers should review outdated plumbing system design to conserve water Letter from Chia Wai Chon Operations Manager Singapore Plumbing Society Straits Times Forum 4 Aug 07 Study: Toilets Need Radical Redesign Corey Binns Yahoo News 30 Jul 07 North West CDC students stage "protest" to spread anti-litter message Channel News Asia 28 Jul 07 Guess who are the worst litterbugs ... Daphne Chuah Today Online 28 Jul 07 What a waste, this balloon event Letter from Ng Wan Pei Today Online 27 Jul 07 The island paradise built on a garbage dump By Francesca de Châtel for CNN CNN 26 Jul 07 Saving Gaia Forum aims to raise environmental issues Channel NewsAsia 26 Jul 07 Save the Earth - let's start with styrofoam Letter from Toh Li Li (Miss) Straits Times Forum 20 Jul 07 My war on waste By Alison Trowsdale BBC News 9 Jul 07 Weaknesses and inadequacies in our recycling programme Letter from Yvonne Lim Boon Ya (Ms) Straits Times Forum 10 Jul 07 Go green, have a straws-free day Straits Times Forum 8 Jul 07 Recycling is a way of life for the Koreans Lee Tee Jong Straits Times 7 Jul 07 My friend, the garbage bag Lim Mei Tor Ng Today Online 7 Jul 07 'Recycle' messages everywhere but where are the recycling bins? Letter from Ng Wang Feng (Ms) Straits Times 5 Jul 07 Tuas Power diversifies into waste sector By Ronnie Lim Business Times 3 Jul 07 The mechanics of e-waste recycling By Mark Kinver BBC 3 Jul 07 Delayed e-waste law enters force BBC 1 Jul 07 San Francisco Bans Bottled Water for City Staff PlanetArk 26 Jun 07 Mindset change needed to reduce paper wastage Letter from Tan Hau Teck Straits Times Forum 26 Jun 07 Too big an amount of waste for a small island to bear Sheralyn Tay Today Online 25 Jun 07 Marine Parade town carnival makes effort to encourage recycling Channel NewsAsia 24 Jun 07 Simple ways to use less paper Letter from Murali Sharma Straits Times 24 Jun 07 Wasting paper is no laughing matter Letter from Halcyon Chia Today Online 22 Jun 07 Planet-Saving Remedy Proposed: Stop Shopping Michael Schirber Yahoo News 20 Jun 07 Don't let green efforts go to waste Liang Dingzi Today Online 20 Jun 07 Organic waste treatment plant needs better trash sorting Channel NewsAsia 12 Jun 07 China's E-Waste Capital Chokes on Old Computers Story by Mark Chisholm and Kitty Bu PlanetArk 12 Jun 07 Good to cut unnecessary packaging Letter from Grant W. Pereira Singapore Representative Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Straits Times Forum 8 Jun 07 Local firms' paper usage up Sheralyn Tay Today Online 7 Jun 07 Poly team makes soap from waste cooking oil By Michelle Neo Straits Times 6 Jun 07 Clubs, breweries do their bit to conserve environment Channel NewsAsia 5 Jun 07 New Packaging Agreement aims to reduce waste Channel NewsAsia 5 Jun 07 Recycling bins are being 'robbed' Letter from Li Caiying Today Online 2 Jun 07 Pupils join battle against litterbugs By Melissa Tan Straits Times Forum 31 May 07 Pulau Semakau: Garbage of Eden Straits Times 27 May 07 Naples area rubbish crisis deepens Yahoo News 24 May 07 Misconception on 'energy saving' could do more harm to our environment Letter from Professor Ron Hui Chair Professor of Electronic Engineering & Director of Centre for Power Electronics City University of Hong Kong Straits Times 22 May 07 It's safe to dispose of household batteries Letter from NEA Today Online 19 May 07 'Green chemist' shows the way for Singapore By Shobana Kesava Straits Times 19 May 07 BCA to study guidelines on recycled construction materials Channel NewsAsia 15 May 07 Bottled Water Has High Environmental Costs - Report Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 14 May 07 Let's recycle batteries too Letter from Brian Ho Tze Yew Straits Times Forum 9 May 07 Over 800 units of e-waste collected during HP recycling week Channel NewsAsia 25 Apr 07 Convenience of liquid soap comes at a high environmental cost Letter from Malcolm Lower Straits Times Forum 25 Apr 07 Recycle gadgets at SingPost outlets during National Recycling Week Channel NewsAsia 20 Apr 07 Recycling made easier with more recycling bins at HDB estates Channel NewsAsia 20 Apr 07 Recycle plastic - that's what we should all do Angela Banerjee (Mrs) Straits Times Forum 18 Apr 07 Go green when junking gadgets Lim Yee Hung Straits Times 10 Apr 07 Chinese graduates see big business in recycling rubbish Channel NewsAsia 6 Apr 07 Houses of the Future Could Be Made from Trash LiveScience Staff Yahoo News 2 Apr 07 Clean Energy Programme is fine but first put our energy inefficient house in order Letter from John T Hurst Today Online 29 Mar 07 Fast-track incubator scheme for water, environment start-ups By Matthew Phan Business Times 28 Mar 07 Homes Throw a Third Away of Food PlanetArk 19 Mar 07 Call for Spain strawberry boycott BBC 16 Mar 07 The devil in the retail Andrew Simms BBC 16 Mar 07 Bugged by littering Under-30s are major culprits, according to first NEA survey Sheralyn Tay Today Online 7 Mar 07 UN outlines global e-waste goals BBC 6 Mar 07 How schools can play a part in recycling Letter from Kenneth Cheng Jing Wen Straits Times Forum 2 Mar 07 Tokyo promotes recycling culture to deal with industrial waste Japan Bureau Chief Michiyo Ishida Channel NewsAsia 19 Feb 07 ADB urges wasteful Asians to modify consumption style Business Times Singapore 17 Feb 07 Fighting climate change begins at home Letter from Maryanne Maes Today Online 10 Feb 07 Green teens do their bit Letter from chia ye hui Today Online 8 Feb 07 Can 'food for trash' project be extended? Letter from Poh Wei Leong Straits Times 24 Jan 07 Residents in Hong Kah take part in RecycleXchange programme By Satish Cheney Channel NewsAsia 21 Jan 07 Time to tear down festive decorations after Christmas By Farah Abdul Rahim Channel NewsAsia 1 Jan 07 Easier recycling for Holland-Bukit Panjang residents By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia 17 Dec 06 In Antarctica, by Law, Extreme Recycling Prevails Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 18 Dec 06 Sense of environmental ownership will curb littering Reply from NEA Straits Times Forum 12 Dec 06 Letters about the littering problem Singaporeans can learn from civic-minded Japanese Letter from Wang Hui Ling (Miss) Straits Times Forum 12 Dec 06 Today Online 12 Dec 06 Cleaning up is not hard to do 'Impeccably clean' image seems false Learn to depend less on cleaners A 'table-training' campaign may help Letter from Koji Noda Letter from Rick Lim Say Kiong Letter from Lin Peixin 'We're just brats, I guess ... ' Fast-food patrons don't clear their trays after eating — it's the cleaners' job, they say Sheralyn Tay Today Online 9 Dec 06 Letters about the littering problem Get families and firms to join hands and keep S'pore clean. Rebrand the exercise Letter from Andrew Wee Hwee Seng Vancouver, BC, Canada Straits Times Forum 9 Dec 06 Litter ends up in our drinking-water sources Letter from S Satish Appoo Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency (NEA) and Tan Nguan Sen Director, Catchment and Waterways Public Utilities Board (PUB) Today Online 9 Dec 06 A week's break for cleaners? We'd drown in our own mess – just look at failure of tray-returning system Letter from Maryanne Maes Reading Today Online 9 Dec 06 Plastics 'poisoning world's seas' By Maggie Ayre Producer, Costing The Earth BBC 7 Dec 06 Not one to tyre easily by Nicholas Fang The Straits Times 4 Dec 06 Captain Planet may yet be back Reply from Mediacorp Straits Times Forum 1 Dec 06 Throwaway Economy In Trouble By Earth Policy Institute ENN 30 Nov 06 Dead ringers? - Giving old mobiles a second life in the developing world The Independent 26 Nov 06 UN seeks to save developing world from e-waste by Bogonko Bosire Yahoo News 26 Nov 06 No bins? NEA bust shows litterbugs are just lazy By Jessica Lim The Straits Times 27 Nov 06 I love (dirty) Singapore Henrik Siken Today Online 27 Nov 06 Letters about the littering problem Straits Times Forum 27 Nov 06 Schools can help nip litter problem in the bud Letter from Terrence Hong Bing Quan Bring back Capt Planet and ENV frog cartoon Letter from Han Yunhao Straits Times Forum 28 Nov 06 Many S'poreans are spoilt. They expect other people to clean up after them Letter from Tan Lin Neo (Ms) Straits Times Online 30 Nov 06 Tour guide won't have tourists visit HDB estates Letter from Jackie Lau Wai Wan (Ms) Put a stop to littering, outsource booking of litterbugs Letter from Roger Yan Fook Wei More than 200 students learn how to keep the rivers clean By Noor Mohd Aziz Channel NewsAsia 26 Nov 06 Go 'green' at work Today 24 Nov 06 Letters about the littering problem Straits Times Forum Online 22 Nov 06 Stop littering for the love of Singapore Letter from Anthony Oei Hong Kong: Not as green but there is hardly any litter Letter from Chong Puay Ling (Mrs) Rubbish piles up on HDB lift landings Letter from Li Fuzhang Littering problem among the young is sign of social malaise Letter from Lee Khum Thong Don't be lenient. Also slap fine on the parents of young S'poreans who litter Letter from Anil Vasudevan Volunteers from HDB estates join in latest effort to clean up Singapore By Wong Mun Wai Channel NewsAsia 21 Nov 06 Littering is no big deal, say many By Jessica Lim, Tessa Wong and Jessica Cheam The Straits Times 20 Nov 06 South West CDC uses art, business and technology to educate residents on recycling By S Ramesh Channel NewsAsia 19 Nov 06 Lion's share of overnight rubbish in East Coast Park from McDonald's and 7-Eleven Letter from Tan Ken Jin Straits Times Online 15 Nov 06 Green campaigners dream of a recycled Christmas By Kate Kelland Yahoo News 13 Nov 06 Recycling efforts here seem to be lagging behind Letter from Koh Yoke Chye Straits Times Forum 13 Nov 06 Reward households that reduce water consumption Letter from Lum Yew Wai Straits Times Forum Straits Times Forum 7 Nov 06 Reduced water use more than about saving money Reply from Chong Hou Chun Director Water Supply (Network) PUB Straits Times Forum 6 Nov 06 Unfortunate that not enough people are motivated to consume less water Letter from Agnes Sng Hwee Lee (Ms) Sofia, Bulgaria Straits Times Forum 4 Nov 06 Environment ad an insult to one's intelligence Letter from Gerald Patterson Straits Times Forum 3 Nov 06 Use less water but how much money is saved? Letter from Nuryusman Mohamed Ibrahim Straits Times Online 2 Nov 06 Saving water, cutting bills Govt launches new water-efficiency labelling scheme Sheralyn Tay Today Online 1 Nov 06 110 volunteers share water conservation tips with North West residents By Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia 28 Oct 06 Tissue Manufacturers Get Poor Environmental Marks PlanetArk 12 Oct 06 Explaining the rise in your electricity bill Users charged in accordance with bi-monthly utility meter readings Letter from Ong Keng Kiat Managing Director SP Services Today Online 6 Oct 06 $80 bills are possible Letter from Rashid Osman Today Online 4 Oct 06 Shortcircuited in our efforts to save electricity, we still pay more Letter from agnes meurzec Today Online 3 Oct 06 You have the power to use less Letter from David Goh Chee Hoe Today Online 30 Sep 06 Ivorian Scandal Reveals World's Hidden Toxic Trade Story by Oliver Bullough PlanetArk 28 Sep 06 Recycling bin with rubbish an eyesore and a hazard Letter from Yu Woon Chi (Ms) Straits Times Forum 26 Sep 06 Singapore now allows drinks cartons to be recycled By Wong Mun Wai Channel NewsAsia 23 Sep 06 Wal-Mart to cut packaging in environmental initiative Yahoo News 22 Sep 06 Mobile phone industry aims to reduce pollution Yahoo News 21 Sep 06 NEA steps up recycling drive in heartland by Meng Yew Choong The Straits Times 20 Sep 06 County plans to vaporize landfill trash By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Yahoo News 10 Sep 06 12-year-old students 'not spared atrocities of litterbugs' Letter from P. Mirnalini (Ms) The Straits Times Forum 4 Sep 06 SembCorp should improve the way it collects recycleables to promote habit Letter from Elaine Ong Mei Lin Straits Times Forum 28 Aug 06 What's their problem? The Straits Times 27 Aug 06 We're doing our best to keep S'pore beaches clean: NEA, MPA Today Online 25 Aug 06 We are becoming a Garbage City by Sarah Ng The Straits Times 20 Aug 06 A litter-free Singapore is a collective effort Reply from NEA Today Online 18 Aug 06 Schools waste a lot of paper Letter from Glorijoy Tan Shi En (Miss) Straits Times Forum 14 Aug 06 Trace source of pollution at ECP and bring culprits to book Letter from Xiaoyi Kun Today Online 11 Aug 06 Revive anti-litter campaign to keep the environment clean Letter from Ramchand Ramesh Straits Times Forum 9 Aug 06 Get fast food restaurants and shopping malls to join recycling exercise Letter from Tan Lay Cher (Ms) Straits Times Forum 7 Aug 06 Recyclable items collected by SembWaste are sent for recycling Reply from SembCorp Straits Times Forum 1 Aug 06 Laying the foundations for a green industry University of New South Wales EurekAlert 31 Jul 06 The forgotten front in war on waste Paul Drechsler BBC 27 Jul 06 Are items put aside for recycling actually recycled? Letter from Nelly Yanty (Madam) Straits Times Forum 25 Jul 06 Lucky draw trash bags now in funpacks for NDP 2006 By Amanda Mun Channel NewsAsia 14 Jul 06 PC users 'want greener machines' BBC 26 Jun 06 Help to save the environment. Use the same mug for Starbucks coffee Letter from Karen Young Straits Times Forum 26 Jun 06 WWF and rechargeable battery maker announce licensing partnership WWF 22 Jun 06 Bouquet for SingTel's efforts to be environmentally friendly Letter from Eugene Tay Tse Chuan Straits Times Forum 22 Jun 06 Hygiene is a priority Letter from NEA Today Online 15 Jun Marketing conservation: Wet markets make ideal places for recycling bins Letter from Kathy Lee Today Online 9 Jun 06 Chop chopstick provision Letters from Murali Sharma and from Sam Lai Wah Today Online 8 Jun 06 Bring your own chopsticks Wan Kwong Weng Today Online 5 Jun 06 NEA launches new anti-littering campaign focused on public places By Joanne Leow Channel NewsAsia 1 Jun 06 Put only recyclables into recycling bins Reply from NEA Today Online 19 May 06 Such a wasted effort Dumping of used food packaging into recycling bin is ruining other recyclables Letter from Francis Yim Today Online 16 May 06 It takes time to inculcate recycling culture. Do more to educate people to cut waste Letter from Eugene Tay Tse Chuan Straits Times Forum 15 May 06 Recycling rates up; NEA plans more types of recycling By Li Peng/Joanne Leow Channelnews Asia 14 May 06 Privatisation, recycling keep refuse fees low Letter from NEA The Straits Times 12 May 06 Semakau to showcase green energy sources by Radha Basu The Straits Times 11 Apr 06 S'pore to host eco-fair Lee U-Wen Today Online 11 Apr 06 Singapore to host eco-fair showcasing latest green technologies By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 10 April 06 The meaningless ritual of recycling Viewpoint by Timothy Cooper BBC 7 Apr 06 To go green, we think green Today Online 3 Apr 06 Your world. Your verdict: the small but beautiful ways that can help the fight to save the planet The Independent 3 Apr 06 Time to Go green at the dining table Goh Boon Choo Today Online 31 Mar 06 1 minute less in the shower is 9 litres of water saved Today Online 23 Mar 06 China Slaps Tax on Chopsticks, Yachts to Save Trees PlanetArk 23 Mar 06 Malaysia may close all uncovered garbage dumps near largest city over pollution issues PlanetSave 14 Mar 06 "Urban Eco-Chic" Takes the Stand at London Home Show Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk 9 Mar 06 Firms in pact to cut packaging waste Lee U-Wen Today Online 8 Mar 06 Can our way of living really save the planet? Lucy Siegle The Observer 5 Mar 06 Leftover rice, chicken bones may soon light up your home by Radha Basu The Straits Times 9 Feb 06 In murky waters: Water Conservation Tax system can be improved Letter from Siew Ngung Chia Today Online 8 Feb 06 Dutch Company to Make Diesel from Plastics Waste PlanetArk 8 Feb 06 Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down The Drain By Earth Policy Institute ENN 3 Feb 06 Can Cell-Phone Recycling Help African Gorillas? Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 20 Jan 06 New Law Forces Manufacturers to Pick up Recycling Costs By Jerry Harkavy ENN 19 Jan 06 Waste incineration 'set to rise' in the UK BBC 17 Jan 06 Water conservation tax to stay: Environment Minister By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia 16 Jan 06 Revellers make a mess of Orchard Road with litter. What a shame! Letter from Ong Puey Yee Straits Times Forum Online 5 Jan 06 Trash for food: Residents trade recyclable materials for groceries 938Live Today Online 3 Jan 06 Revellers leave behind 6,000kg of trash after Orchard Rd party By Valarie Tan Channel NewsAsia 1 Jan 06 Large amounts of water wasted at marathon Letter from Felix Ang Kok Hou Straits Times Forum Online 9 Dec 05 GROWing the next generation of water recycling plants EurekAlert 8 Dec 05 System aims to reduce landfill dramatically ABC Online 7 Dec 05 Great green ideas Environmentally-conscious S'poreans are inspired by German conservation tips Lee U-Wen in Cologne, Germany Today Online 5 Dec 05 Recycling: firms need to do more Phillip Ang Keng Hong Today Online 2 Dec 05 Cut waste and get green label for office by Stephanie Yap The Straits Times 25 Nov 05 Recycling bins for more than flyers at MRT stations Reply from NEA Today Online 19 Nov 05 Supermarkets should take part in recycling efforts Letter from Yeo Eng Wah (Ms) The Straits Times Forum Online 19 Nov 05 Place bins at MRT stations to collect and recycle leaflets Letter from Yee Zhen Yang Today Online 16 Nov 05 Deposit bulkier items for recycling at Newton carpark Reply by NEA Straits Times Forum Online 16 Nov 05 Better but not good enough Response by NEA Today Online 14 Nov 05 Have a drive-through to drop recyclable items Letter from Tay Wei Ping (Mdm) Straits Times Forum Online 11 Nov 05 Clean and green is not green enough by Aaron Low The Straits Times 11 Nov 05 Shower a minute less and you save 10 litres By Radha Basu The Straits Times 29 Oct 05 Make the difference for the environment Today Online 28 Oct 05 Singapore on track for Green Plan 2012: ENV Minister By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia 28 Oct 05 Singaporeans support energy efficiency measures - survey Channel NewsAsia 25 Oct 05 Don't wait till you're rich. Make recycling a way of life now Letter from Lew Yin Choo (Mdm) Straits Times Online Forum 21 Sep 05 All HDB estates to have centralised recycling depositories by 2007 By Dominique Loh Channel NewsAsia 17 Sep 05 1,600 recycling stations in HDB estates by 2007 The Straits Times 18 Sep 05 The power of food (Recycling food waste) Lee U-Wen Today Online 16 Sep 05 Cutting waste is the key goal Incineration of waste by NEA is done safely Letter from Ong Seng Eng Head, Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) Today Online 16 Sep 05 Recycling can start from homes Letter from Leonard Leng Qi An Straits Times Forum Online 15 Sep 05 Not so green, this Garden City Interview with SEC's Executive Director Howard Shaw Today online 14 Sep 05 More can be done to go paperless and cut waste Straits Times Forum online 5 Sep 05 Fire at Tuas recycling plant ignites two-storey high pile of rubbish By Joanne Leow Channel NewsAsia, 29 Jul 05 Punggol beach not so clean Letter by Gene Kam Letters to the Straits Times Forum Page, 25 Jul 05 Semakau landfill to last 15 more years as recycling reduces waste By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia, 16 Jul 05 You can't count on Singaporeans to pick up their rubbish Letter from Chua Beng Khim (Ms) Straits Times Forum 12 Jul 06 Reduce, reuse, recycle waste the way to go Reply to letter by Jay Kaelash The Straits Times Forum, 25 Jun 05 Demand for rechargeable batteries doubles By Farah Abdul Rahim/Ng Kee Kaur Channel NewsAsia, 19 Jun 05 Try 'greener' methods of waste management Letter by Jay Kaelash The Straits Times Forum, 18 Jun 05 Recycling refuse By Ling Chang Hong The Straits Times, 11 Jun 05 For litter-free S'pore, draft a member from each home Choo Tat Nian in reply to Jeremy Lim Today Online, 10 Jun 05 Less rubbish, but little recycling here Figures show Germans recycle at least 12 times as much rubbish By Radha Basu The Straits Times, 6 Jun 05 Concerns over use of cling-wrap Letter to Today Online, 2 Jun 05 How green will you go? by Sheralyn Tay Today, 25 May 05 Ministry launches environment survey Channel NewsAsia, 25 May 05 Singapore ratifies, accedes to conventions on organic pollutants By Yvonne Cheong Channel NewsAsia 25 May 05 Worldwide coastal cleanup bags 4,000 tons of debris by Jeannette J. Lee PlanetSave website 19 May 05 Government to conduct review of Singapore Green Plan 2012 By Johnson Choo Channel NewsAsia, 22 Apr 05 Speech by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, at the Committee of Supply Debate 2005 8 Mar 2005 Discussing Environmental Sustainability, Community Participation in the Environment, Enjoying Our Environment and Water Resources, Raising awareness and consultation on environmental issues, Improving Energy Efficiency and Carbon Intensity, Green Vehicles. Singapore Government Media Release, 8 Mar 05 We use less water, recycle more and breathe cleaner air by Radha Basu The Straits Times, March 9, 2005 Singapore's recycling project on track: Yaacob Ibrahim By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia , 17 Feb 05 links On the NEA website: Locations of recycling bins in Singapore Posters and booklets on the 3Rs Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme |
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