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Economy

Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 14 Aug 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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

Data Last Updated: 13/08/2025

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. 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, 12.4 KB)

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Total Generated6658000685900073850006944000588000072780007759000770400078140007673000751500078510007270000689800065170006114000597000056010005221000501800047900004728000480900050350004643000
Construction & Demolition708000832000142400010130008250001440000162400016090001595000141200012700001695000129200012040009220001176000922000778000619000493000509000423000407000351000319000
Ferrous Metal127500012960001338000131200093400012780001269000137900013580001347000144600014160001386000123900011950008720007850007370007260008180007200008570008400001115000989000
Non-Ferrous Metal1030001060009200088000750001260001710009400097000179000118000135000122000117000860005800085000920008700089000870009400010100011900090000
Used Slag112000176000169000182000106000174000246000273000251000370000366000354000368000342000383000422000566000527000471000382000267000260000298000227000219000
Scrap Tyres34000270002600027000230003300032000360003300036000260002200018000220002400023000250002600024000170001500014000150001200012000
Horticultural265000256000221000332000313000400000521000328000321000362000278000253000248000274000270000238000229000225000231000200000227000305000417000281000131000
Wood410000447000419000310000304000438000320000424000531000371000368000332000344000239000251000288000270000246000224000239000220000213000255000268000273000
Paper/Cardboard1272000125100010640001136000114400010110001054000114500011830001196000123700012610001252000136800013840001201000126300012030001116000109900011320001085000110200012360001001000
Glass79000750007300074000660007500064000710007200077000790007400075000730008000073000570006500063000630007400066000540003400036000

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Sample OpenAPI query

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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 (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 3, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_daf568968ab40dc81e7b08887a83c8fa/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)