Welcome to the beautiful island of Semakau. Home to the waste of Singaporeans, this land will be available for recreational use in about twenty-five years' time. Either indulge in a game of golf in your retirement, or enjoy the laughter of your grandchildren running around in the landscaped parks. Who knows, we may even see a casino built right here!
To hasten the completion of this island, everyone must co-operate. Please don't ever recycle! That would only prolong the completion of this paradise! This unique offshore landfill is the only one left in Singapore, so do join in the efforts of other non-recycling Singaporeans to make this Eden a dream come true!
Don't bother about where waste will go AFTER this land is filled... no no... that's the Government's responsibility. Remember, you mustn't take any proactive effort to cut down waste... that would hinder the filling up of the bunks you see here. Isn't it beautiful? Filled with incinerated trash barged nightly from the mainland as well as items which cannot be incinerated, Semakau indeed will blossom in no time!
So grab your chance now and simply throw away whatever you don't need! You know those stuff that those crazy people tell you to recycle? Papers, metal, plastic, glass, clothing, etc? Just throw them away. You don't need them anymore, the trucks will just ship them to the incineration plant, burn them, and take the incineration ash to Semakau. Then, viola! Magic island, home of the rubbish of Singaporeans!
Pulau Semakau is the only landfill left in Singapore. Which means, when it's filled, there will be no other landfills available to dispose of our rubbish. It's not an immediate problem, so most people don't even realise that it's a problem.
Recycling is often seen as just a fad, yet it has serious repercussions if we still take a nonchalant attitude to it. It's through an Environmental Issues module in NIE that has woken me up to the state of things in the world. Somehow this is especially significant to me. I hope I will be able to do something about it.
Although it is encouraging to see statistics that demonstrate the increase in recycling efforts, yet we have yet to be
inculcated to take care of our waste properly.
Seriously. Time is running out. We need to extend the life of this landfill. Statistics have shown that by a mere 10% reduction in waste, we are able to extend the lifespan by 10 years. That's pretty awesome. So, how then do we take care? Easy. We just need to learn to sort our rubbish. We really have too much. We buy big houses just to store the
things we don't really need. Yet when we spring clean, the most convenient way is to dump everything into the rubbish. We must learn to sort the things we no longer want and channel it accordingly, instead of being uninitiated.
The countdown has already begun. Unless we reduce our waste significantly, we have twenty-five years left to Pulau
Semakau, our only landfill left. Who knows what will happen after that? The 'ignorant' Singaporean probably believes that
the Government will take care of this problem - which shows how self-centred we truly are.
Let's make a difference and start the ball rolling by doing whatever we can to prolong Semakau's life!
P.S. aren't these great ideas?
Compartmentalised bins to sort paper, plastic and glass.
(Three heavy-duty bags, clearly labelled with 'paper', 'metal' and 'glass' to make organising your recycling easy)
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