Singapore has been using the incinerators to burn 90% of their waste for the past decades. Four incinerators are in used. The ashes produced from the incinerators are sent to Pula Semakau to be land filled. However, this offshore landfill will be filled up after 2040. After that, it will be a problem for us to find land to fill up ashes. Therefore, we should find an alternative waste disposal scheme which supports sustainability. Zero waste system should be adopted by Singapore as it increased profits resulting from significant cost savings, improved environment conditions and stronger local economics. It also helped in solving the problem of finding more land to bury the ashes produced by the incinerators.
By adopting the zero waste system, it could reduce dramatically the need for incinerators and landfills. This is because the approach of zero waste is to turn waste into profitable resource by repairing, reusing or recycling them. Waste are not burnt, thus incinerators and landfills are not required. However, by using the convention method, waste is burnt into ashes, which will be then sent to a landfill to be buried. In this case, land must be made available. And this will be a problem for land scarce countries such as Singapore. The use of incinerators involved the combustion of waste which emits harmful gases into the surrounding such as dioxin. Moreover, the ashes produced are buried into the ground, polluting the land. Unlike the use of incinerators, zero waste is more environmental friendly since no burning is involved. Hence zero waste improved the environment conditions. The amount of money used in building, operating and maintaining the incinerators is very high. Singapore has four incinerators that are in used. Hence, it is a financial burden for us. By using zero waste system, minimum money is required to regenerate the waste into useful products Since the main objective is to reuse and recycle the waste, money can be saved from buying resources that are needed to be extracted from the nature. This increased the profits resulting from the significant cost savings. Furthermore, resource recovery facilities and exchange networks were forced to be turning waste into an asset, creating small business opportunities and employment in struggling communities. Therefore, zero waste will make our local economics stronger.
Both the use of incinerators and zero waste system have a common goal, which is to manage the waste. However, the latter has the ability to eliminate the waste to the minimum. The zero waste approach is more suitable for the Singapore since land is not required to bury any ashes. More money can be saved as using incinerators to burn waste is not necessary. In addition, zero waste approach are more environmental conscious and it can provide a strong local economics.
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Similarly I feel that zero waste is the best choice for Singapore. The choice was explained clearly, and distinct differences are shown in the paragraphs.
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