Don't waste your waste
Water is processed through membranes at the NEWater plant to remove solids, microorganisms and other contaminants.
Water is processed through membranes at the NEWater plant to remove solids, microorganisms and other contaminants.
With high-density living comes high-density waste.
But Singapore has been organized with its refuse management systems, not only by collecting it efficiently but even employing it to make more land.
"They don't have the space to store waste," says Dirk Hebel, from the Future Cities Laboratory at the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability.
Waste is managed instead through regular incineration and the resulting ashes are combined with marine sand to extend Singapore's land mass.
"They use ashes for landfill to extend the territory," says Hebel.
In addition, the country has set a precedent for water resources through its desalination plants and NEWater plants, where sewage is filtered to recycle it into drinking water.
But Hebel's group are now working on new avenues for using waste -- this time to construct buildings instead of land.
"In Singapore you have almost 80% high-value resource waste," says Hebel. This category of waste includes plastics and glass, which could be re-purposed for building materials.
Hebel's team recently exhibited the possibilities of waste recycling during the 2015 New York City Ideas Festival.
They built an arched canopy pavilion comprised of waterproof panels made from discarded beverage containers. The canopy was anchored to a base composed of stacked, wooden pallets.
Hebel sees future possibilities in Singapore: "There are things surrounding us that can be used in a secondary life as a building structure," he says.
Don't waste your waste Water is processed through membranes at the NEWater plant to remove solids, microorganisms and other contaminants.Water is processed through membranes at the NEWater plant to remove solids, microorganisms and other contaminants.With high-density living comes high-density waste.But Singapore has been organized with its refuse management systems, not only by collecting it efficiently but even employing it to make more land."They don't have the space to store waste," says Dirk Hebel, from the Future Cities Laboratory at the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability.Waste is managed instead through regular incineration and the resulting ashes are combined with marine sand to extend Singapore's land mass."They use ashes for landfill to extend the territory," says Hebel.In addition, the country has set a precedent for water resources through its desalination plants and NEWater plants, where sewage is filtered to recycle it into drinking water.But Hebel's group are now working on new avenues for using waste -- this time to construct buildings instead of land."In Singapore you have almost 80% high-value resource waste," says Hebel. This category of waste includes plastics and glass, which could be re-purposed for building materials.Hebel's team recently exhibited the possibilities of waste recycling during the 2015 New York City Ideas Festival.They built an arched canopy pavilion comprised of waterproof panels made from discarded beverage containers. The canopy was anchored to a base composed of stacked, wooden pallets.Hebel sees future possibilities in Singapore: "There are things surrounding us that can be used in a secondary life as a building structure," he says.
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