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    Our Group: CLOFT conducted a study on the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They provided information on ways to reduce water and energy usage in the kitchen and bathroom. Examples of reusing items and proper recycling procedures were also outlined. According to statistics, Singapore's solid waste production increased significantly from 1,260 tons per day in 1970 to a peak of 7,787 tons per day in 1998, though recycling has helped offset some of this waste growth.

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    Our Group: CLOFT conducted a study on the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They provided information on ways to reduce water and energy usage in the kitchen and bathroom. Examples of reusing items and proper recycling procedures were also outlined. According to statistics, Singapore's solid waste production increased significantly from 1,260 tons per day in 1970 to a peak of 7,787 tons per day in 1998, though recycling has helped offset some of this waste growth.

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    Our Group: CLOFT conducted a study on the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They provided information on ways to reduce water and energy usage in the kitchen and bathroom. Examples of reusing items and proper recycling procedures were also outlined. According to statistics, Singapore's solid waste production increased significantly from 1,260 tons per day in 1970 to a peak of 7,787 tons per day in 1998, though recycling has helped offset some of this waste growth.

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    Our Group: CLOFT conducted a study on the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They provided information on ways to reduce water and energy usage in the kitchen and bathroom. Examples of reusing items and proper recycling procedures were also outlined. According to statistics, Singapore's solid waste production increased significantly from 1,260 tons per day in 1970 to a peak of 7,787 tons per day in 1998, though recycling has helped offset some of this waste growth.

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    3Rs-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    Our Group: CLOFT

    Members: Jake Ong Sheng Loong

    Law Kang Qiao

    Elvin Tan Guoh Yew

    Chan Jia Jun

    Fu Jin

    Mentor: Mr Ng Mun Leong

    Class: 2-5

    Done On: 27 June 2010

    1
    Table of Contents
    Cover page 1

    Content page 2

    Reduce 3

    Reuse 4

    Recycle 5

    Statistics on waste produced in Singapore 6

    References 7

    2
    Reduce
    In The Kitchen

    When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run freely to rinse. Fill up the second side of

    your sink with rinse water.

    Wash your fruits in a kitchen sink half filled with water (about 12 litres). If your washing takes

    around 3 to 5 minutes, you'll save 33 to 48 litres of water.

    In The Bathroom

    Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving.

    Take shorter showers. Long, hot showers waste ten to twenty litres of water every unneeded

    minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap up, wash down and rinse off.

    Did you know?

    Conventional showerhead use about 20 litres of water per minute and water saving showerhead

    (AAA rating), however, uses only about 7 litres per minute. A normal sized bath holds 150 litres of

    water. This is the same amount of water you would use in 7 minutes using a conventional

    showerhead. If you have a AAA rated shower head a 17 minute shower would use the same

    amount of water as an average bath.

    A slow leak can result in the loss of 22 litres a day!

    If you brush your teeth twice a day, for 3 minutes each time, and leave the tap running while

    you're brushing, you'd use around 5 litres per minute. That's 10,950 litres per year, per person. If

    you use a glass of water instead to rinse your mouth after brushing, you could save 9,100 litres

    per year, per person.

    3
    Reuse
    DIY and Turn Waste Into Useful Items and Art

    Give It Away

    Sell for Cash

    Send It for Repair or Fix It Yourself

    4
    Recycle
    THINGS YOU CAN PUT IN A RECYCLE BIN:

     Newspaper
     White paper
     Green, brown and clear glass
     Corrugated cardboard
     Paperboard such as cereal boxes, shoeboxes
     Plastic bottles
     Aseptic juice boxes
     Gable-top paper cartons such as milk cartons
     Metal food cans
     Aluminium beverage cans
     Aluminium foil (no food residue)
     Six-pack rings
     Magazines
     Junk mail and catalogues

    THINGS YOU CAN’T PUT IN A RECYCLE BIN:

     Yogurt cups
     Margarine containers
     Frozen food trays
     Plastic wrap
     Plastic bags
     Styrofoam
     Phone books
     Stamps and stickers in junk mail
     Pizza boxes
     Plastic bottles that contain oil or hazardous substances

    5
    Statistics on waste produced in
    Singapore
    Over the years, Singapore output of solid waste has increased significantly, from 1,260 tons per

    day in 1970 to reach the highest of 7,787 tons per day in 1998. In 2008, Singapore produced 2.63

    million tons of incinerable solid waste, which is enough to fill 890 football fields to the height of an

    average person. This amount would be significantly higher if Singapore did not also recycle an

    almost equivalent amount of waste.

    6
    References
    http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_waste.aspx

    http://www.zerowastesg.com/2010/05/04/singapore-2009-waste-statistics/

    http://www.lowcarbonsg.com/2009/05/08/reduce-reuse-and-recycle-your-waste/

    http://www.zerowastesg.com/2009/03/18/2008-waste-statistics-and-current-waste-situation-in-singapore-
    part-two/

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