Composting slowly taking root in Singapore [News]

By Monica Kotwani, Channel NewsAsia, 11 Mar 2015

Waste not, want not – the saying goes. Some Singaporeans are going green by turning food waste into compost – through traditional and sometimes innovative means.

From potato skins to leftover vegetables and fruit, the Gonzalez family collects its food waste and chucks it into a drum containing organic material such as dried leaves and shredded paper. They are mixed in.

Three months later, the waste becomes compost the family uses for its garden and plants.

Environmental engineer Patricio Gonzalez says composting has saved him money as he does not have to buy top soil and fertiliser.

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Source: Channel NewsAsia

2 pilots on recycling food waste [News]

By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 11 Mar 2015

Two pilots on food waste recycling will be conducted to improve the management and recycling of such waste, said Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu today (March 11).

The first pilot involving two hawker centres will try out different on-site recycling models. Each hawker centre will have an on-site recycling machine to convert segregated food waste and leftover food to water or compost, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). Stallholders and table-cleaners will be taught the proper methods of segregating food waste, it added.

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Source: TODAY