Even though after many months and years, the relevant people still conveniently choose to put the blame on the residents (as easy scapegoat) for the unintended litter from junk mails (from SingPost and errant runners) without a proper place (in Sengkang). It seems too tough to take on the recycling suggestions (or some other solutions) on junk mails.
As too much time has already been wasted, the relevant people can choose not to continue to ignore the suggestions of many people from the past till now. It seems also too tough to come out of the sleeping mode, and to take steps to work on reducing wastage from junk mails.
In a nutshell, the relevant people can actually take many meaningful steps to try to reach to the point where no stone will be left unturned. Everyone seems to be just good at using the mouth to echo the tone of environmental awareness, and adopting one-step forward, two-steps back mentality towards a sustainable, clean and green environment in Singapore.
1. For house-to-house junk mails, TC can put up a No Junk Mail HDB Block sticker (or poster) on every block to dissuade the mal-practice of bad apple advertisers.
2. In addition to the designated letter boxes, TC can also provide additional designated slots on the ground floor for advertisers.
3. On my part, I have always brought all my post mails home, and put aside junk mails at my own little recycling corner.
4. For unintended litter from junk mails, TC can put up a row of recycle junk mail box (or something feasible) for residents in Sengkang.
5. Residents can start to learn and help to dump the junk mails into the proper recycling depository (or correct place) for junk mails.
6. Environment friendly people can take up the green responsibility to clear the junk mail box to the designated recycle point.
7. NEA can then focus on real litter from cigarette butts, empty drinks/ food and tissue papers thrown around HDB areas.
8. NEA is aware of the national issue of littering island wide, and will arrange more stakeouts to monitor the situation of littering.
9. NEA has a long-term plan for one recycling bin per HDB block (for Sengkang maybe on year 2014), with recycling bins placed at open areas within HDB estates.
10. NEA has also explained its restraint from putting up recycling bin at void deck (as suggested by TC) due to fire hazard.
11. The unintended litters from junk mails have become many hot spots for fire hazards, and also pose safety hazards to HDB residents, especially the elderly.
12. There were actually many requests since many years back (from internet searches), but seems that nothing much has been done regarding junk mail?
13. For returned mail, residents should be advised to discard rejected addressed letters into SingPost Return Mail letter box.
14. Few months back, many residents had received copies of IKEA catalog (374 pages, value @ $5.00) and Spring publication (41 pages, value @ $1.00?).
15. However, there were few copies of IKEA and Spring (now heartbeat) found discarded around letter box area, which I put the unwanted copies into SingPost Return Mail letter box.
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17. Government can play a more positive and proactive part to promote a clean and green environment.
18. Government can give green tax rebate to companies which take extra green effort in corporate social responsibility.
19. Government can present and recognize TC and residents’ extra green effort in TC Management Report.
20. Government can give small green S&CC rebate (every quarterly?) to household, using TC report as a gauge.
21. NEA has put in place various awareness programmes and schemes to promote a sustainable environment.
22. The unwanted junk mails can easily fill up one plastic bag in a week (per HDB block), and can fill up at least one A4 paper carton box in the recycling bin (for every 3 HDB blocks).
23. It will not be sustainable to have the huge junk mails taking up extra spaces in landfills, and continue to be buried together with disposed waste.
24.Hopefully everybody can commit and work together towards a sustainable, clean and green environment.
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19. Government can present and recognize TC and residents’ extra green effort in TC Management Report.
20. Government can give small green S&CC rebate (every quarterly?) to household, using TC report as a gauge.
21. NEA has put in place various awareness programmes and schemes to promote a sustainable environment.
22. The unwanted junk mails can easily fill up one plastic bag in a week (per HDB block), and can fill up at least one A4 paper carton box in the recycling bin (for every 3 HDB blocks).
23. It will not be sustainable to have the huge junk mails taking up extra spaces in landfills, and continue to be buried together with disposed waste.
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