Team Blitz technical report introduction draft 1
Singapore's overall waste disposed of 2,841 tonnes in 2020 while in 2019, Singapore had 2,984 tonnes. The overall waste disposal had been reducing since 2016. However, recycling rates were reduced from 59 percent in 2019 to 52 percent in 2020. The current waste management system in Singapore is through public waste collectors appointed by the NEA to serve domestics and trade premises by geographical sectors. Waste collection vehicles are driven from location to location and collect waste from rubbish bins or HDB Centralised Refuse Chutes (CRCs). Subsequently, waste is delivered to waste-to-energy-plants or off-shore such as semakau landfill. Other than general waste collection, there are dedicated recycling trucks that only collect recyclables. Collected recyclables are sent to a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to be sorted into different waste streams, and sent to local and overseas recycling plants. We define efficiency based on the money spent to haul the waste. The less money