How Singapore Handles Six Million Pounds of Trash Daily | WSJ A to B

Singapore is famous for being one of the cleanest countries thanks to its unique waste management system. As the country’s population continues to grow, the amount of waste generated is also rising. Beyond their waste-to-energy plants and offshore landfills, the Southeast Asian country is looking to find new methods to discard their trash.

WSJ follows how the Singaporean government manages its waste so efficiently: from trash collection, incineration, to landfill.

0:00 Singapore has one landfill
0:40 Trash collection
2:55 Transferring the ash
4:25 Semakau Landfill