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Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2023Updated 6 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Data Last Updated: 26/06/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: From 2019, wood and horticultural wastes recycled include materials that are sent to facilities (e.g., biomass power plants and Sembcorp's Energy from Waste plant) for use as fuel. The overall recycling rate increased to 57% in 2022 largely because of increased amounts of Construction & Demolition waste generated for recycling from a higher number of demolition projects. Data in this table are rounded to the nearest thousand tonnes and percentage point.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891371

Data explorer

WasteManagementAndOverallRecyclingRatesAnnual.csv (60 rows, 6.6 KB)

Data Series
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)1.7%
(Null)1.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total Generated685900073850006944000588000072340007695000770430078142007673500751450078515007269503
Construction Debris8320001424000101300082500014400001624000160930015954001411800126970016953001291832
Ferrous Metal12960001338000131200093400012780001269000137880013575001348500144590014160001385938
Non-Ferrous Metal1060009200088000750001260001710009370097200180000118400135100122467
Used Slag176000169000182000106000129000181000272500251100369900366300353700367863
Scrap Tyres270002600027000230003300032000359003270035500262002160018478
Horticultural256000221000332000313000400000521000328300320500362000278300252600247791
Wood447000419000310000304000438000320000424100530700370600367900332400343737
Paper/Cardboard125100010640001136000114400010110001054000114480011831001192200123740012611001252027
Glass750007300074000660007500064000713007230075200795007350074879

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20122012NumericTonnes-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_daf568968ab40dc81e7b08887a83c8fa"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 29, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_daf568968ab40dc81e7b08887a83c8fa/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)