Discussion | Beverage Container Return Scheme BCRS

[averagebean]

You think these Low SES people will bother washing the bottles first? If anything they will bring their pails and fill up to use at home.

 

[WaterNinja]

Dirty and smelly one refund $0.01

Cleaned refund $0.10

Cleaned to ISO standard refund $0.15 (Govt sponsor 5 cents)

 

[reno77]

"We agree that the scheme should be assessed based on its environmental outcomes and the experience on the ground."
We do ? .. Is the blocking of cheap parallel imports also part of the assessment ?

 

[Prime 13]

"We agree that the scheme should be assessed based on its environmental outcomes and the experience on the ground."

Sho Sg temperature drop by how many degrees?
Semakau landfill filled deadline pushed bach by how many years?

Agree but then go on to ignore any lack of outcomes ish BS.

 

[Asphodeli]

We thank Raymond Lim for his views (Is drink container return scheme a boost for recycling or side-hustle income?, Sept 30).

The Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS), also known as Return Right, complements broader recycling efforts by encouraging the public to return empty plastic and metal beverage containers at dedicated return points.

This results in a pure high-value recycling material stream that can be remade into new food-grade packaging.

The early results are encouraging. Between April 1 and Sept 27, more than 48 million beverage containers were returned through the scheme, diverting over 823 tonnes of material from incineration for recycling.

We agree that the scheme should be assessed based on its environmental outcomes and the experience on the ground.

As the scheme is still in its initial stages, the National Environment Agency and BCRS Ltd will continue to monitor recovery and recycling outcomes, operational performance, resource requirements, and feedback from the public and industry.

These insights will help us improve the scheme to make it more effective and convenient over time.

Stephanie Yip
Chief Executive Officer
Beverage Container Return Scheme Ltd

Chan Chin Kai
Group Director, Resource and Sustainability Group
National Environment Agency

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinio...-beverage-container-return-scheme-encouraging

Wow 6 months only and 48 mil collected? Given SG throws 1 billion a year that means return rate is 9.1% lol

 

[Jamestan80]

This is a private company ? Are they making profit , who funded them ?
We need a CEO for this kind of stuff ?

Chief Executive Officer
Beverage Container Return Scheme Ltd

 

[apple459721]

“Consumers now need to pay a 10-cent deposit and then take steps to recover it. “

fu la my bottle drink now cost $0.30 extra

 

[bruiser69]

Ptui, just wayang to the max

 

[Scp173]

Dun accept cans simple it disgusting

Bottle hav cap so no issue

 

[Jamestan80]

are they really recycling ? Why machine can accept plastic, alu can , tin can ? DO they even separate them ?

 

[tomsss]

As the scheme is still in its initial stages, the National Environment Agency and BCRS Ltd will continue to monitor recovery and recycling outcomes, operational performance, resource requirements, and feedback from the public and industry.

How convenient, they listed those out in the exact priority level, from high to low

 

[Prime 13]

Wow 6 months only and 48 mil collected? Given SG throws 1 billion a year that means return rate is 9.1% lol

The less ish returned, the less resources need to be spent on it.
And the more 10 cents they get to keep.

Sometiems i suspect the scheme ish designed to fail.
Coz the incentives and payouts for it to fail ish very high.

 

[fly1111]

People still queuing to deposit cans so no need to talk so much.

Exercise ish important

 

[DriftKing]

We thank Raymond Lim for his views (Is drink container return scheme a boost for recycling or side-hustle income?, Sept 30).

The Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS), also known as Return Right, complements broader recycling efforts by encouraging the public to return empty plastic and metal beverage containers at dedicated return points.

This results in a pure high-value recycling material stream that can be remade into new food-grade packaging.

The early results are encouraging. Between April 1 and Sept 27, more than 48 million beverage containers were returned through the scheme, diverting over 823 tonnes of material from incineration for recycling.

We agree that the scheme should be assessed based on its environmental outcomes and the experience on the ground.

As the scheme is still in its initial stages, the National Environment Agency and BCRS Ltd will continue to monitor recovery and recycling outcomes, operational performance, resource requirements, and feedback from the public and industry.

These insights will help us improve the scheme to make it more effective and convenient over time.

Stephanie Yip
Chief Executive Officer
Beverage Container Return Scheme Ltd

Chan Chin Kai
Group Director, Resource and Sustainability Group
National Environment Agency

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinio...-beverage-container-return-scheme-encouraging

Erm..cannot be when the plan was being drafted, there is no projection being made like what is the 'breakeven' point of collections is needed for the scheme to be sustainable? They would have known with the 48m returned how much impact it would have made ma, we didnt enforce sustainability standards for nothing leh.

This drive me to think that at this return rate is still unsustainable and more costly than they anticipated thats why she give this type of response. If its good impact this would already have addressed it.

 

[miko66]

the pollution from the F1 event this weekend alone will probably wipe out 10 yrs' of benefits from this BCRS bollocks

What our climate minister got to say about this !
Worst is no one in parliament rebate on this

Keep mum and act blur ya

 

[Hello_Kitty]

Now let's see what other plastic containers we can implement this 10¢ logo with...

they should implement for those sauce plastic containers too

 

[Jeremy1]

This will encourage more seniors to exercise

Good job

 

[hoolala]

Wow 6 months only and 48 mil collected? Given SG throws 1 billion a year that means return rate is 9.1% lol

BCRS pocket the remaining 89%?

 

[harky]

dont like as it took additional 10c from me on top of the drink.


some price unchange, some add 10c.

 

[WaterNinja]

We thank Raymond Lim for his views (Is drink container return scheme a boost for recycling or side-hustle income?, Sept 30).

The Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS), also known as Return Right, complements broader recycling efforts by encouraging the public to return empty plastic and metal beverage containers at dedicated return points.

This results in a pure high-value recycling material stream that can be remade into new food-grade packaging.

The early results are encouraging. Between April 1 and Sept 27, more than 48 million beverage containers were returned through the scheme, diverting over 823 tonnes of material from incineration for recycling.

We agree that the scheme should be assessed based on its environmental outcomes and the experience on the ground.

As the scheme is still in its initial stages, the National Environment Agency and BCRS Ltd will continue to monitor recovery and recycling outcomes, operational performance, resource requirements, and feedback from the public and industry.

These insights will help us improve the scheme to make it more effective and convenient over time.

Stephanie Yip
Chief Executive Officer
Beverage Container Return Scheme Ltd

Chan Chin Kai
Group Director, Resource and Sustainability Group
National Environment Agency

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinio...-beverage-container-return-scheme-encouraging

This kind of reply is very common in SG Govt org. Get everyone to vet and sign off so all have a unified reply and cannot 1 duck 1 chicken. Even RTS announcements also get Malaysia to sign off together in case they say wrong frequency.