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Ho Ching wrote a poem explaining why we should use less plastic bags
Good summary.
Zhangxin Zheng | December 6, 2018 @ 10:37 pm
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Plastic pollution is an imminent environment problem and, increasingly a health concern.
Many corporate and national leaders are paying attention to this issue and apparently so does our Prime Minister’s wife, Ho Ching, who also heads Temasek Holdings.
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Poem on plastic issue
On Dec. 3, Ho shared an article about a plastic ban in all supermarkets in Bogor, a southern city of Indonesia.
While she did not make a clear stance on plastic ban, she wrote a poem in this post.
In 127 words, Ho summarises the global plastic problem and why Singaporeans should strive to reduce plastic waste.
The poem first identified Indonesia as one of the top few contributors to global ocean plastic pollution.
China, Vietnam,
Indonesia and India
are among the top 5 countries
contributing to ocean plastics.
Ho also mentioned that the key plastic waste found in the oceans are abandoned fishing nets and fishing lines, also known as ghost gear.
In fact, close to half of the plastic waste is identified to be ghost gear and responsible clean up is difficult to enforce in countries like Indonesia.
However,
about half of the ocean plastics are
from fishing nets and fishing lines.
These ghost nets are lost or abandoned to drift like
ghosts in the seas.
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However, other plastic items found in the oceans are common items in Singaporeans’ lives, mainly packaging waste.
Fortunately, we have a proper system to prevent them escaping into the oceans.
The other big group of plastics
are packaging plastics for
wrapping and bottles.
SG incinerates most of its waste,
including plastic bags and
other plastic waste.
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Singapore does not really contribute to the ocean plastic crisis but that does not mean we can use or dispose of plastic items mindlessly.
It takes energy to incinerate the solid waste into ashes and if we do not reduce the amount of trash we produce, our Semakau landfill will eventually be full by 2035.
SG plastics don’t add
to ocean plastics.
But incineration in SG
has its own set of issues,
both from energy efficiency
and ash landfill limitations.
This is why we still have to reduce the amount of waste we throw and practise good recycling habits.
Best we can do
for a better world
is the simple motto to
reduce, reuse and recycle.
How about it?
Let’s
reduce
reuse
recycle
wherever
and whenever
we can