Households in Singapore can now collect free home recycling boxes from vending machines at more than 140 locations.
Known as Blooboxes, the foldable, washable and reusable boxes are meant to make recycling more convenient for residents so that they will recycle more regularly.
In a pilot distribution in November and December 2022, the boxes were made available to residents of five neighbourhoods - Fengshan, Sembawang West, Tampines North, Yio Chu Kang and Yuhua.
More than 8,600 households collected the boxes during the pilot.
At the launch of the nationwide distribution of the Blooboxes on Sunday, Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment, said: "We hope that by encouraging residents to set up a recycling corner at home, they will be reminded to recycle more regularly, as well as to recycle right."
This story is from the March 20, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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