Smart app to boost e-scrap collection from Jakarta to Singapore
- Advanced communications technology is forming the base of new and promising initiatives to tackle fast growing volumes of electronic scrap across south-east Asia.
- As previously reported by Recycling International, Singapore’s National Environment Agency has contracted Alba Group to roll out an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for the city state.
- The scheme will be launched this July and run until the summer of 2026 in a bid to tackle the estimated 60000 tonnes of post-consumer electronics waste generated across Singapore every year.
- The collection infrastructure consists of containers, temporary collection points at weekends, take-back system at retailers and a fee-based collection service.
- Octopus also provides a real-time data dashboard for brands and fast-moving consumer goods producers to track exactly where their scrap is going.
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