A NOVEL SOLUTION?
There might but be one other resolution to Singapore’s recycling issues, thinks Kavickumar. And it may lie with the karung guni males going from door to door gathering recyclable gadgets corresponding to newspapers, amongst different undesirable items.
“They’re very good at bundling recyclables, doing that source separation without any contamination,” he stated. “They also have linkages back to recyclers, so they ensure that the recyclables end up at the doorsteps of recyclers.”
According to a 2019 Eco-Business article, karung guni males acquire almost 9 instances greater than the nationwide recycling effort. They needs to be given formal roles in waste administration corporations and recycling firms, instructed Kavickumar.
“They can be (sent) out to the different estates, helping to collect recyclables,” he stated. “We’ll be basically seeing better segregation at source, and that’ll help to reduce a lot of contamination along the way.”
This view was echoed by second-generation karung guni man Bryan Peh, 30, who “seldom” has a contamination drawback. “Because if (people) were to send me contaminated items, I’d pay them less,” he stated.
