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Economy

Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 15 Apr 2026, 21:01 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

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_daf568968ab40dc81e7b08887a83c8fa"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 20, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_daf568968ab40dc81e7b08887a83c8fa/view

About this dataset

Contact

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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)

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Economy

Waste Management And Overall Recycling Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 15 Apr 2026, 21:01 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

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

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Data explorer

WasteManagementAndOverallRecyclingRatesAnnual.csv (60 rows, 12.4 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Text	2023 Text	2022 Text	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)1.7%	(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%	(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%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total Generated	6658000	6859000	7385000	6944000	5880000	7278000	7759000	7704000	7814000	7673000	7515000	7851000	7270000	6898000	6517000	6114000	5970000	5601000	5221000	5018000	4790000	4728000	4809000	5035000	4643000
Construction & Demolition	708000	832000	1424000	1013000	825000	1440000	1624000	1609000	1595000	1412000	1270000	1695000	1292000	1204000	922000	1176000	922000	778000	619000	493000	509000	423000	407000	351000	319000
Ferrous Metal	1275000	1296000	1338000	1312000	934000	1278000	1269000	1379000	1358000	1347000	1446000	1416000	1386000	1239000	1195000	872000	785000	737000	726000	818000	720000	857000	840000	1115000	989000
Non-Ferrous Metal	103000	106000	92000	88000	75000	126000	171000	94000	97000	179000	118000	135000	122000	117000	86000	58000	85000	92000	87000	89000	87000	94000	101000	119000	90000
Used Slag	112000	176000	169000	182000	106000	174000	246000	273000	251000	370000	366000	354000	368000	342000	383000	422000	566000	527000	471000	382000	267000	260000	298000	227000	219000
Scrap Tyres	34000	27000	26000	27000	23000	33000	32000	36000	33000	36000	26000	22000	18000	22000	24000	23000	25000	26000	24000	17000	15000	14000	15000	12000	12000
Horticultural	265000	256000	221000	332000	313000	400000	521000	328000	321000	362000	278000	253000	248000	274000	270000	238000	229000	225000	231000	200000	227000	305000	417000	281000	131000
Wood	410000	447000	419000	310000	304000	438000	320000	424000	531000	371000	368000	332000	344000	239000	251000	288000	270000	246000	224000	239000	220000	213000	255000	268000	273000
Paper/Cardboard	1272000	1251000	1064000	1136000	1144000	1011000	1054000	1145000	1183000	1196000	1237000	1261000	1252000	1368000	1384000	1201000	1263000	1203000	1116000	1099000	1132000	1085000	1102000	1236000	1001000
Glass	79000	75000	73000	74000	66000	75000	64000	71000	72000	77000	79000	74000	75000	73000	80000	73000	57000	65000	63000	63000	74000	66000	54000	34000	36000

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Tonnes	-
2024	2024	Text	Tonnes	-
2023	2023	Text	Tonnes	-
2022	2022	Text	Tonnes	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Tonnes	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Tonnes	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Tonnes	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Tonnes	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Tonnes	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Tonnes	-

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