Summary Draft 2 - Introducing Newoil

 


The article “Parliament: Singapore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel” by Liu.V (2020), illustrates Singapore’s current and future recycling plans.

Currently, the ‘Deposit Refund Scheme’ is one way to encourage citizens to recycle. Citizens that recycle get incentivized with money in return.

Newsand is also another effort to curb and reduce landfill waste, accomplished by incinerating waste to produce useful construction materials. The promising project prompted NEA to build a commercial-scale facility to maximize its efficiency.

Come 2024, the 'Resource Sustainability Act' requires large food and beverage establishments to separate their food waste for treatment. To help curb the amounts of food waste generated.

To push large companies to reduce their plastic waste, they are required to record their packaging data and submit it to the NEA for vetting. The Semakau Landfill will receive less waste as a result of this.

To tackle the rising e-waste in Singapore, the country will have 3 e-waste recycling facilities fully operational by 2022, able to process more than 50,000 tonnes of e-waste annually.

This article introduces Newoil, a potential replacement for fossil fuel petroleum. Where plastic waste is chemically recycled to pyrolysis oil.




Liu, V. (Ed.). (2020, March 4). Parliament: S'pore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel. The Straits Times

https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/parliament-singapore-looks-to-transformwaste-plastic-into-oil


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