​Few young Singaporeans polled recycle e-waste, or do it right

The Straits Times, page A4

Only one in 10 young Singaporeans recycles electronic waste, and of these, 34 per cent do it wrongly, according to the results of a survey by four NTU students. This is a trend that should be reversed to extend the lifespan of Singapore's only landfill on Pulau Semakau, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli. He joined students from NTU, NUS, SUTD and SIM yesterday in a pledge to reduce and recycle e-waste on their campuses. The pledge was part of ‘Re-Wired’, a campaign by final-year NTU students to encourage young people here to cut e-waste by donating, recycling, reselling, repairing or trading in their unwanted electronics.