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Environment

Recycling Rate By Waste Type

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2015

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:49 SGT

NEA (National Environment Agency)

Chart (2014)

Data explorer

RecyclingRateByWasteType.csv (224 rows, 4.3 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Waste Type Text	Recycling Rate Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2000	Construction Debris	61
2000	Used Slag	45
2000	Ferrous Metal	92
2000	Scrap Tyres	54
2000	Non-Ferrous Metal	84
2000	Wood	9
2000	Paper/Cardboard	43
2000	Horticultural Waste	42
2000	Plastics	21
2000	Glass	14

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Waste Type	waste_type	Text	-	-
Recycling Rate	recycling_rate	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9740df787da2b59a0b5bd76a6c33453d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Environment Agency. (2015). Recycling Rate By Waste Type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9740df787da2b59a0b5bd76a6c33453d/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

21 May 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NEA (National Environment Agency)