Recycling: Definition
Recycling refers to the generalized practice of gathering, or regenerating substances which might alternatively get disposed of as waste, then transforming waste into new materials.
Recycling could potentially help ecological conservation, and might possibly benefit the community or environment.
Benefits of Recycling
Lowers the volume of waste transported to landfills or incinerators.
Saves raw materials inclusive of timber, water, or minerals.
Heightens economic sustainability through drawing from locally sourced raw materials.
Reduces pollution through cutting down the need to acquire fresh raw materials.
Saves energy.
Facilitates manufacturing in Singapore or saves limited raw materials.
Drives job creation in the recycling or manufacturing industries within Singapore.
Recycling Service |
Alliance to End Plastic Waste |
| Specialty | Ending plastic waste is ambitious. But it is through collaboration and collective action that this complex problem can be solved. Since 2019, they have rallied over 80 member companies, project partners, allies and supporters who are committed to ending plastic waste in environment with them. They bring together diverse teams.
Services: End plastic waste, clean-up, #Clean4Change, reduce plastic waste, drive global change |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: https://endplasticwaste.org/en/take-action |
| Website | https://endplasticwaste.org/ |
| Address | 2 Science Park Dr, #02-03/04, Singapore 118222 |
| Telephone | +65-64272800 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
Systeme Computer Technologie |
| Specialty | SCT Singapore is an Asset Recovery company, providing disposal and data destruction services to local entities and Government Sectors. Backed by over 10 years of experience in the fields of technology, logistics and recycling by SCT Malaysia and SCT Indonesia providing versatile IT asset management services, managing end-of-life electronic assets.
Services: Asset Recovery, technology, logistics, recycling, data destruction services |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: info@sct.sg |
| Website | https://www.sct.sg/ |
| Address | Woodlands 11 #10-21 11 Woodlands Close Singapore 737853 |
| Telephone | +65- 6694 3466 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
ETF Eco Corp |
| Specialty | ETF ECO CORP was formed by two individuals, driven by hopes to protect the environment. They seek to play a part in saving the Earth, teaching people to recycle. To make recycling a common habit. They are driven by goals to protect organizations, people, the environment, save resources, conserve.
Services: Decontamination and Laboratory Equipment Disposal, Electronic Waste Collection and Recycling, Waste Disposal Collection, Certified Secure Data Destruction, IT Asset Relocation |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: enquiry@etfecocorp.com |
| Website | https://www.etfecocorp.com/ |
| Address | 5 Soon Lee Street #04-57, Pioneer Point Singapore 627607 |
| Telephone | +65 6909 2005 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 7 pm |
| Review | Engage their service to collect and buy back my office E-waste. Very reasonable buy back price. Fast and quick collection. Good job ! Highly recommended! |
Recycling Service |
Zero Waste Singapore |
| Specialty | Zero Waste helps to conserve, reduce pollution, create jobs in waste management, reduce waste costs, increase the lifespan of our Semakau Landfill and incineration plants, and mitigate climate change. They organize conservation talks, lectures, clinics, workshops, recycling activities. They drive recycling campaign, zero waste schools, campaigns, food waste reduction workshops.
Services: Recycling talks, recycling workshops, zero waste clinics, beach clean ups, zero waste consultation |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: kay@zerowastesg.com |
| Website | http://www.zerowastesg.com/ |
| Address | 5014 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, #06-01 Techplace II, Singapore 569881 |
| Telephone | +65-6570 0500 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
Tidy |
| Specialty | They take the stress out of managing waste by offering integrated, reliable, and versatile waste disposal and recycling service. While Tidy is a family business, its ambition goes beyond mere kinship. With Mr. Ong’s son, Mr. Vincent Wang, taking over the company and Mr. Ong advising, the team is modern.
Services: Waste disposal, waste recycling, bulk disposal, furniture disposal, recycling bins |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: sales@tidy.com.sg |
| Website | https://tidy.com.sg/ |
| Address | 29 Tuas Ave 8, Singapore 639244 |
| Telephone | +65 9616 6105/ +65 9234 4800 |
| Opening hours | 8 am to 5 pm |
| Review | A very good Service |
Recycling Service |
KL Resources |
| Specialty | KL Resources Pte. Ltd. takes pride in being one of the leaders in the wastepaper, plastic & scrap metal collection and recycling industry in Singapore. Their core focus lies in wastepaper collection across private, public sectors of Singapore. To date, they handle an average of 100,000 tons of wastepaper annually.
Services: Wastepaper, plastic, scrap metal collection, recycling industry, paper mills |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: kl@klresources.com.sg |
| Website | http://klresources.com.sg/ |
| Address | No 19 Sungei Kadut Loop, Singapore 729462 |
| Telephone | +65 6288 5935 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
DA Engineering |
| Specialty | DA Engineering Pte Ltd provides waste management and disposal services to different businesses, organizations, and corporations in Singapore. They seek to promote a healthier and greener environment. As such, their company is dedicated to facilitating the disposal of waste and garbage, in recycling some material, handling waste collection, disposal, recycling.
Services: Waste collection, rubbish removal, construction waste removal, recycling services, waste disposal |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: mgr@dae.sg |
| Website | https://www.dae.sg/ |
| Address | No.1 Kranji Crescent Singapore 728663 |
| Telephone | +65- 9758 9118 |
| Opening hours | 8 am to 5 pm |
| Review 1 | Needed help to clear out unwanted things as we were moving out. They were very easy to work with. Responded quickly with a quote and came down on the same day.
Pickup was quick and fuss free as well. |
| Review 2 | Mr Lee was very responsive and approachable. The services provided were prompt and efficient and the team has ‘ can do’ attitude, very important in the service industry. Absolute value for money. Would definitely recommend. 👍 |
| Review 3 | Amazingly speedy response, helpful info and on time delivery. Great service. |
Recycling Service |
Cash Lap |
| Specialty | Dispose Corporate Laptops in Singapore. Cashlap provides secure solutions for the disposition of surplus IT equipment. They pay for retired equipment that has market value and recycle electronics waste in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. They will get you an accurate quote with a basic inventory and site details.
Services: Packaging, removal, transport of equipment, Asset recovery, equipment liquidations |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: http://cashlap.com/contact-us/ |
| Website | http://cashlap.com/ |
| Address | 1 Rochor Canal Rd, #03-01 Sim Lim Square, Singapore 188504 |
| Telephone | +65-63333343 |
| Opening hours | 10 am to 7 pm |
| Review 1 | It was a pleasant experience working with the customer service for my Surface Pro 4 problem. They were very meticulous in testing my tablet PC to find the root cause of the battery problem.
They even helped clean the back of the tablet (which has stained over time) without me requesting for it. Very happy when I took back my tablet PC. Well Done PC Dream team. Thank you Mr Tan and the team. Will recommend your services. |
| Review 2 | Fast response. I brought my laptop to diagnose, and collected the next day.Pleasant experience. The manager and staffs there are professional and friendly. I didn’t waste any extra waiting time.
Reasonable price. I changed a 14” laptop screen and the price is cheaper than my expectation. For the minimal waiting time, and reasonable repair price, I will recommend you to send your broken laptop there to try out their service. |
| Review 3 | Laptop screen cracked and was desperate to get it fixed asap. Expected a few days for it to be done but I was amazed to get a call to collect it on the very same day perfectly repaired. Excellent service and amazing turn around time. Very grateful and highly recommended. |
Recycling Service |
Gee Hoe Seng |
| Specialty | At Gee Hoe Seng Pte. Ltd, they offer tailored industrial recycling collection services, facility waste management solutions in Singapore. From collecting, sorting, reusing, recycling, destructing, disposals, you are assured that industrial wastes are properly handled. As a result, more recyclables are salvaged, and lesser wastes go to the incineration plants.
Services: Recycling Services, Transportation Services, collection, destructing, disposals |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: sales@ghs.sg |
| Website | https://www.ghs.sg/ |
| Address | 53 Ubi Avenue 1, #01-38, Paya Ubi Industrial Park, Singapore 408934 |
| Telephone | +65 6844 1323 |
| Opening hours | 8.30 am to 6 pm |
| Review 1 | Service was incredible! Kate is very helpful and attentive to all my queries. Swift response and action from Marilyn. The whole transaction completed within few hours! Will definitely recommend this to everyone!
One stop solution, need look no further! 👍 |
| Review 2 | High quality 2nd hand used carton boxes at good prices. Great for packing for our house moving 👍 |
| Review 3 | They sell good quality second hand boxes.. |
Recycling Service |
Boon Poh |
| Specialty | With more than forty years of presence in Singapore, Boon Poh delivers a substantial range of environmental solutions including integrated waste management with recycling, cleaning and conservancy, and landscaping services. Moving in the direction of environmental sustainability, their solutions work towards efficiency, performance, productivity, provide a one-stop platform for waste.
Services: Daily refuse collection, bulky waste collection, recycling program, pest control, food waste recycling |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: enquiry@boonpoh.com |
| Website | https://www.boonpoh.com.sg/ |
| Address | Blk 1009 Tai Seng Avenue #01-2652 Singapore 534418 |
| Telephone | +65-6284 3282 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
SAMS |
| Specialty | Headquartered in Singapore, Sustainable Asset Management Solutions Pte Ltd (SAMS) is a privately-owned electronics waste management company. SAMS provides Electronic Waste Recycling and IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) solutions. Servicing markets both locally and in the Far East region; offering professional Customer Service and expert consultancy from a core management team.
Services: Reuse, Recover, Regenerate, Repurpose, Recycle ICT assets |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: info@samsolu.com |
| Website | https://samsolu.com/ |
| Address | 31, Penjuru Lane #04-01 Singapore 609198 |
| Telephone | +65 69118180 |
| Opening hours | 8.30 am to 5.30 pm |
| Review 1 | Very helpful company. Recommend you email first, ideally including a photo of E waste to confirm they can take. If self delivery park behind guard house and call SAMS and they will come down and pick up. They are on L4, there is no drive up access. Thank you to John Chan and staff. |
| Review 2 | Easy to dispose and recycle e-waste. |
| Review 3 | Good, prompt and reliable services… |
Recycling Service |
WH |
| Specialty | Wah & Hua Pte Ltd – a multi-material recycling and waste Management Company that provides service for the collection of recyclables materials from small business to large corporations. Founded by Steven Tan, recycling at that time was a new concept with relatively little support from business, government, leading waste management industry.
Services: Recycling, Waste Management, waste disposal services, shredding, Waste-to-Energy, waste processing |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: info@wahhua.com |
| Website | https://wahhua.com/ |
| Address | No. 11 Kranji Crescent WH Building Singapore 728656 |
| Telephone | +65 6362 0078 |
| Opening hours | 8 am to 6 pm |
| Review | Awesome |
Recycling Service |
Starpal |
| Specialty | They started in 2005 as a waste management start-up. Today, Starpal provides waste management solutions to companies in many different industries, ranging from telecommunications, schools, semi-conductor companies and many more. A proper waste management channel is key in ensuring sustainability and progress. They hope their services help companies achieve that.
Services: Waste management solutions, Precious Metal Recovery, Sensitive Media Destruction & Degaussing. General Scrap Metal & Plastic Waste Disposal, E-Waste Dismantling, Disposal & Destruction |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: sales@starpal.com.sg |
| Website | https://www.starpal.sg/ |
| Address | 39 Woodlands Close #05-40/41/42/43 Singapore 737856, MEGA@Woodlands |
| Telephone | +65 6483 1508 |
| Opening hours | 8.30 am to 6 pm |
| Review 1 | Great recycling place |
Recycling Service |
KGS |
| Specialty | Holding on to these old, decommissioned products and e-waste will hinder you and your organization. Therefore, KGS offers you a safe and secure one-stop solution for decommissioning your used IT equipment and e-waste. They have the right manpower, skill set, and equipment to dispose of your IT equipment, recycle IT.
Services: Decommissioning data centers, e-waste recycling bin, disposal of IT equipment, e-waste disposal |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: enquiry@kgs.com.sg |
| Website | https://www.kgs.com.sg/ |
| Address | 110 Tuas South Ave 3, #02-03, Singapore 637369 |
| Telephone | +65-6250 2096 |
| enquiry@kgs.com.sg | |
| Opening hours | 9.30 am to 6.30 pm |
| Review 1 | Swift, short and clear response without having to keep asking what is next to do. Reasonable price and punctual. |
| Review 2 | We enaged KGS Pte Ltd for Confidential Document Offsite Shredding for the 1st time and they are very responsive and professional. They actually provide manpower to assist to pack the document into gunny sack. However we told them that we will pack ourselves and their guys would just have to load into the lorry and bring back to do the offsite shredding. Upon arrival of the guys, they immediate label carefully the serial number of the gunny sack and started to seal each gunny sack before loading into the lorry. It was very systematic process. |
| Review 3 | Max, the operations manager was very responsive to my queries on my company’s disposal of IT equipment. As the pickup was on a Monday morning, he even followup over the weekend to make the final arrangement. 2 guys came to pickup the equipment and they did their job very efficiently and professionally. Thank you for the excellent service! |
Recycling Service |
Melato International |
| Specialty | They are a Singapore based company founded in 2009, possessing more than 10 years of experience in the electronic waste industry. They are an established company with our own warehouse and facilities where we handle electronic waste. They engage in collection, trading of ferrous scrap metals, dismantled electrical components, electronics.
Services: Electronic waste, destruction, recycling, refinery of IT, IT equipment disposal |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: benny@metalosg.com |
| Website | https://www.metalointernational.com/ |
| Address | 110 Tuas South Ave 3, #03-11 The Index, Singapore 637369 |
| Telephone | +65- 9299 9754 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 9 pm |
| Review | Good and prompt service. Friendly and professional |
Recycling Service |
Tai Hing |
| Specialty | Tai Hing Private Limited was established to take over the business operations to cope with the ever-changing & dynamic business world. Today, they handle more than one hundred thousand tons of wastepaper annually, accounts for more than 15% of wastepaper recycled in Singapore. Their clientele ranges across private sectors, Singapore government.
Services: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Wastepaper recycling, shredding wastepaper |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: paper@thp.com.sg |
| Website | https://taihinggroup.biz/ |
| Address | 15 Pioneer Sector 1, Singapore 628426 |
| Telephone | +65 6265 5507 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
| Review | Excellent service with efficient work done |
Recycling Service |
Big Voice Prodigy |
| Specialty | They offer comprehensive RECYCLING, industry-specific waste management & sustainability solutions for businesses and corporations. They focus on disposing of waste, sustainably and minimizing environmental impact. They offer complete industrial waste management services, from collection to recycling. They provide safe & secure electronic destruction services of your data on location, restoration.
Services: Electronic destruction services, Shredding, Wood Recycling, Bulky Items Recycling, Hard Disk Deguassing |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: james@bigvoiceprodigy.com |
| Website | http://bigvoiceprodigy.com/ |
| Address | 55 Serangoon North Ave 4, Singapore 555852 |
| Telephone | +65-9722 6669 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
Virogreen |
| Specialty | As leaders in the secure, sustainable, responsible reuse and recycling of electronics and IT assets, Virogreen provides environmentally responsible e-waste recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) programs which ensure 100% digital data destruction. Their worldwide network of certified processing facilities, with no export mandates, reinforces their overall sustainable business model.
Services: Electronic asset disposal, recycling services, managing electronic assets, e-waste recycling, recycling process |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: info@virogreen.net |
| Website | https://www.virogreen.net/ |
| Address | 31 Tuas Avenue 11, Singapore 639105 |
| Telephone | +65 6451 0665 |
| Opening hours | 8.30 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
SIMS Lifecycle Service |
| Specialty | SLS offers solutions built on these foundational requirements. SLS can help companies navigate unique legislative requirements that vary from country to country regarding data security and e-waste disposal and documentation. SLS provides environmentally responsible e-waste recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) programs ensuring 100% digital data destruction, IT asset disposition.
Services: IT Asset Recovery, Electronics Recycling, e-waste disposal, Data Destruction, refining precious metals |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: stephanie.oden@simsmm.com |
| Website | https://www.simslifecycle.com/ |
| Address | Loyang Offshore Supply Base 25 B, Loyang Crescent, Block 302 TOPS Street 12 #03-09, Mailbox 5118 Singapore 506817 |
| Telephone | +65 6214 0627 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
Recycling Service |
800 Super |
| Specialty | 800 Super is an environmental services provider for the public, private sectors in Singapore. With environmental services such as waste management and waste treatment, cleaning and conservancy and horticultural services, 800 Super is a front-runner in the waste management business. 800 Super’s waste management services include waste collection, recycling services.
Services: Waste management solution, recycling services, zero waste, sustainable environment, waste treatment |
| Pricing | Request a quotation: enquiries@800super.com.sg |
| Website | https://800super.com.sg/ |
| Address | 17A Senoko Way, Singapore 758056 |
| Telephone | +65-6366 3800 |
| Opening hours | 9 am to 6 pm |
| Review 1 | Waste management company of great reputation! |
Ways to begin recycling
Recycling involves the 3 following steps, that drive forward infinite recycling loops, which gets represented with the usual recycling icon.
Step 1: Gathering and Deposition
Available are many methods to gather recyclables, like curb side picking, drop-off chutes, or deposit and refund schemes.
Collected Recyclables.
Upon getting collected, recyclables get transported to the recycling center for being classified, cleansed, or regenerated into base materials which might get employed in manufacturing. Recyclables get purchased or retailed as most raw materials are bought/sold, so prices go up and down depending on supply and demand in Singapore or around the world.
Step 2: Manufacturing
Rising proportions of modern-day, contemporary products now undergo manufacturing using recycled material. Some household items holding certain recycled content are mentioned below:
Newspapers or Paper Towels
Aluminum, Plastic, and Glass Soft Drink Containers
Steel Cans
Plastic Laundry Detergent Bottles
Recycled materials get regenerated into new product uses inclusive of remolded glass in asphalt for paving roads or remolded plastic in carpeting or park benches.
Step 3: Buying Fresh Products Created using Recycled Materials
One may fulfil, relieve the protracted recycling cycle by purchasing fresh products made from recycled materials.
Available are many varied products originating from recycled material. Upon going consumer shopping, look out for these factors:
Products that may be easily recycled.
Products made from recycled material.
Mentioned below are some of terms used:
Recycled-content product – Labelled product was made using recycled materials that came over from recycling schemes or from waste restored by using conventional manufacturing methods. Applied labels may occasionally mention the percentage of contained content originating from regenerated, recycled materials.
Post-consumer material – Largely resembles recycled material, only that the material originates exclusively from recyclables taken from consumers, and businesses over from recycling schemes.
Recyclable product – Products which may get gathered, recycled, then made into fresh products upon completely being used up. Such products may not always have recycled content. Note that not all of recyclables could get gathered from local neighborhoods, thus make certain to confirm, double check with the local recycling regulators before making purchases.
Several of the common products that one can locate that are made from recycled content are these products:
Aluminum Cans
Car Bumpers
Carpets
Cereal Boxes
Comic Books
Egg Cartons
Glass Containers
Laundry Detergent Bottles
Motor Oil
Nails
Newspapers
Paper Towels
Steel Products
Trash Bags
Available are 3 major branches of recycling: primary, secondary, or tertiary.
Primary recycling, alternatively termed as Closed Loop Recycling, refers to procedures of transforming a product into versions of a similar product, including paper into recycled paper or soda cans into recycled soda cans.
Secondary recycling denotes recycling objects into more objects composed of some similar material in basically some similar form.
Tertiary or chemical recycling, to consider more examples, involves reusing materials that are broken down, dissolved, chemically, to manufacture vastly different materials.
The Classic Example: Tire Recycle
Tire recycling refers to traditional examples of the secondary recycling process.
These do not constitute primary recycling, as recycled tires fail to end up as fresh tires.
Rather, these get made into alternative products composed of rubber.
Also as there are no chemical alterations needed as in tertiary recycling, some relevant machinery could transform some old tire immediately to usable materials.
Why It is Important
Cuts Waste
Recycling essentially cuts waste by taking more waste out from landfills, still secondary recycling remains necessary as this implies increasing amounts of items may get recycled into multiplied or very distinct end-products.
Upon recycling being extended beyond the limits of mere aluminum cans which could be replicated into copies, the scope for recycling expands vastly.
It could assist us to maximize, optimize use of materials which cannot recycle endlessly, stretching these to optimal use to complete, maximize overall yields, prior to hitting the limits of overall recycling capacities.
Fuels Innovation
Though primary recycling allows more production of of some similar goods without employing extra natural resources, secondary recycling opens possibilities for discovering fresh means to inject materials with used products into goods we usually produce or into fresh products we might not conceive of usually.
Conserves Resources
Naturally, secondary recycling conserves natural resources as well.
Upon recycling offering “new” sources of usable materials, you could possibly prevent finite planetary resources from being depleted/exhausted rapidly, or stretch these up to their maximum yields.
For instance, shredding old tires for rubber offers some sources for useful rubber products with no need to use extra rubber or deplete resources for making synthetic tires.
Efficient Usage:
Secondary recycling may turn out highly efficient.
It may consume less time or equipment than procedures that demand companies to chemically melt down materials.
The more you could recycle some un-usable products into more usable goods, conservation rises.
Conservation remains the overall end goal of recycling altogether, so conserving energy makes recycling worth undertaking.
Why We Need More
Naturally, many developers, entrepreneurs, or engineers ought to work to find new recyclables or new methods for deploying these.
Still, one also needs to get more businesses committed to, engaged in, the recycling processes on the market at present.
Using advanced technologies available at hand, one may seek to expand, engage recycling operations.
Recycling collection in Singapore:
The NRP adopts a collection system in which paper, plastic, glass, and metal recyclables are deposited into the same blue recycling bin for collection by the PWCs.
The mixed recyclables are collected by dedicated recycling trucks and sent to Materials Recovery Facilities (MRF) for sorting, then sent to recycling facilities.
For HDB estates, commingled blue recycling bins are placed at open areas that are accessible to residents.
