From Sea to Landfill to Eco Park, a Trash to Treasure Endeavor
What to do with waste when there is no land on which to dump it?
Such was Singapore’s dilemma back in the 90s when the existing landfill ran out of room. But as a small island on the tip of the Malay peninsula, Singapore was land poor.
So the nation came up with a novel idea to solve its problem.
The country designated the sea space between two adjacent island as a new landfill site called Semakau and beginning in 1999 proceeded to fill it with primarily incinerated ash. Receiving 1400 tonnes of …
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