Changes in corporate practices, business mindset, and investment practices are evolving at a rapid pace. Businesses and entire industries are also in flux. Take a look at some of the cutting edge forces helping cities adapt. But many new technologies, policy interventions, and behaviour change strategies can help. The Transformation: Inside the Forces Making Cities Cleaner, Greener PlacesĬities are under pressure from forces like population growth, climate change, and environmental degradation. In our quest towards zero-waste, this issue of ENVISION examines such efforts and developments locally, and around the world.
2019 is designated as the Year Towards Zero Waste for Singapore. This year, ENVISION places a spotlight on food and plastic waste, alongside e-waste, all global phenomena that require global efforts to create a more sustainable ecosystem of waste management and integration. It encourages waste diversion from landfills and incineration plants by eliminating waste at its source, and favouring a ‘closed-loop’ circular system approach that integrates waste into the equation for resource management. The elimination of waste represents the ultimate solution to pollution problems that threaten ecosystems at global, national, and localised levels.Ī zero-waste philosophy, driven by the principle that waste must be understood as a potential resource to be utilised rather than a problem to be solved, is a whole-system approach that eliminates rather than manages waste. The Road to Zero: How Cities Can Tackle Waste And Go CircularĪgainst the backdrop of increasing population, economic growth, rapid urbanisation, and the rise in community living standards, we are faced with new challenges to manage increasing amounts of waste.
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View the digital flipbook and download your PDF copy today here. The past year had witnessed several significant milestones for NEA, with the announcement of “NEWSand”, the launch of the inaugural Zero Waste Masterplan and passing of the Resource Sustainability Bill. On 30 August 2019, the launch of the Singapore's inaugural Zero Waste Masterplan maps out Singapore’s key strategies to build a sustainable, resource efficient and climate-resilient nation.ĮNVISION examines the Zero Waste Masterplan, which sets a new waste reduction target for Singapore – to reduce the waste sent to Semakau Landfill each day by 30% by 2030 – which will help to extend Semakau Landfill's lifespan beyond 2035.Ģ019 had been a busy and fruitful year, in terms of leveraging research and development (R&D) and deploying innovations to help Singapore close the waste loop. View the digital flipbook and download your PDF copy today here.Īdvancing Towards Zero Waste Nation: A More Sustainable Future Through Circularity of Waste and Resource Management This issue of ENVISION is about resilience, with highlights on environmentally sustainable approaches in response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. It also examines how businesses, NGOs and communities contribute to Singapore’s drive towards zero waste and a circular economy. 2020 has been an unprecedented year ─ COVID-19 has brought to the fore the issue of urban sustainability and offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine the actions and responses to enhance urban resilience.