Singapore is wasting away - why don't we seem to care?

YOU hear him first before you see him. The karung guni man, instantly recognisable by the honking of his horn, after all these years still collecting, re-using or re-selling our unwanted household goods. A true pioneer of recycling and someone we should celebrate and be inspired by as the original champion of living a more sustainable life. But have we really learned anything from the karung guni?

The uncomfortable truth is that we are facing a looming national waste disaster that will damage our island home forever unless we all do something about it. Put simply, we all throw away too much, and despite the best efforts of government, businesses and others, we are not changing our habits. The statistics speak for themselves: according to the National Environment Agency's latest waste statistics, in Singapore, in 2016 alone, we g…