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A National Environment Agency (NEA) official has raised the possibility that Singapore residents may in future be asked to "pay as you throw", as part of efforts to monitor and limit rubbish dumped by households. This could involve bin chutes that use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track how much waste any one household produces, he said at a major sustainability conference on Tuesday. "We are working on a trial to track the number of times a household opens a rubbish chute hatch, with each opening accepting only a fixed volume of waste," said Mr Cheang Kok Chung, director of the NEA's department for environmental protection policy and international relations. "(There is a) glaring lack of a 'pay as you throw' element in the (waste disposal) fee," Mr Cheang said, adding that Singapore's ubiquitous rubbish chutes made it very difficult to implement a "pay as you throw" system using prepaid waste bags. He was speaking at a presentation during the 2019 Sustainable Innovation Expo in Nairobi, Kenya. The Expo is being held on the sidelines of the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly meeting. Each HDB household currently pays $8.25 a month for waste regardless of the amount thrown away. With this new scheme, some might end up paying less. Said Mr Cheang: "Hopefully (the trial) works and the next time we can report that we are a bit closer to the 'user-pay principle' tax." If there are monitoring systems like RFID tags, people might be motivated to throw less rubbish indiscriminately, which would mean less rubbish landing up in Semakau, Singapore's only landfill. According to the latest figures, about 200,000 tonnes of solid waste and all incineration ash are sent to the landfill annually. At this rate, Semakau will be filled to the brim by 2035. It was envisaged earlier that the landfill, when it first opened in 1999, would last until 2046. Singapore currently has the technology to use RFID tags on bins. According to reports in 2016, recycling collection crews could scan RFID tags on recycling bins upon collection for recyclables to be tracked in a system. It is not impossible to implement such a project. The "pay as you throw" principle has worked in other countries. In South Korea, for example, households can buy designated bags to dispose of their trash, or take it to centralised RFID food waste and rubbish bins. There, the trash will be weighed and the household billed accordingly. The NEA told The Straits Times yesterday that there are currently no plans to introduce pay-as-you-throw RFID waste disposal systems in Singapore. "Building on lessons from past trials and other countries' experience, the National Environment Agency is constantly exploring ways to incentivise households to reduce the amount of waste disposed of," an NEA spokesman said. "There is no current plan to implement a pay-as-you-throw RFID waste disposal system," the spokesman added.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/angry-mob-throw-ukrainian-mp-172544292.html This is a direct way of disposing an unpopular MP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqMjvVaMsE4 A man who was filmed throwing a kitten at a wall has been jailed for a year. Farid Ghilas, 24, sparked outrage in France after a video appeared online of him picking up the cat and hurling it towards a block of flats. Remarkably, five-month-old Oscar survived the attack. He suffered a broken leg but is expected to make a full recovery. More than 260,000 people signed a petition calling for Ghilas, who is of North African descent, to face "exemplary punishment" for his actions. He was charged with animal cruelty and faced up to two years in jail and a 30,000 euro fine. “He acted with a singular perversity and sadism that has shocked the entire planet,” said Emmanuel Merlin, the prosecutor. Ghilas, who has been subjected to racist insults and death threats since the video came to light, was jailed for a year and banned from owning an animal. Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/farid-ghilas-case-man-who-3110400#.UvD34_mSzh4

11岁的女生学生上课顶了一句嘴 老师发狂把她扔下四楼摔死

ok now this is uncalled for <_< this old man losing his mind

I not from Kia ok... though I driving same brand car. Maybe bros here can combine to get bigger prize?$20 petrol voucher leh. Or go MSCP carpark dustbin search...sure have inside... [laugh]

Bought from http://www.designcomfort.com.sg/ After wearing for 2 times ONLY Side cracked just after wearing twice Bottom to show how NEW it is After "repair" Look at the 'fantastic' repair I can't imagine what sort of 'repair' this is and the staff still have the cheek to crap with me on how good their shoes are

I have 3 pairs of old specs that i dont use anymore. How to get rid of them properly? I dont want to dump them into the dustbin.

who wanto throw stones? kee chiu kee chiu!!! Reply to Kee Chiu MP

www.sockandawe.com Lets see if you can do better. My score is 12

Read yesterday Sin Min Daily News (Wan Bao), someone throw a headless cat's body into a used car dealer's shop at West Coast Carmart, apperently this is not the 1st time this thing happen, the last time was a headless snake... so GUYVER, is it your shop???

Got urself a new ride? wan some cheap mod ...easy rule number 1 in the book here according to my Buddy is to Throw away the damn resonator....he did and recorded a gain of (maximum)3.2 hp and 2.3 ft-lb. of torque on the charts!