Tampines Town Council working with resident to resolve 'high-rise' diaper littering issue

SINGAPORE: Tampines City Council is working with a resident to resolve a case of diapers being thrown out of a flat at a Housing Improvement Board (HDB) block. 

Following an investigation, a property officer discovered the unit the place the litter was coming from and “engaged with the resident”, a spokesperson for the city council instructed CNA on Wednesday (Mar 17), in response to queries following on-line posts concerning the litter.

In a publish on Tuesday, a Fb consumer mentioned that he had given suggestions to the city council and the Nationwide Setting Company (NEA), and that the resident had been given a “stern warning”.

Nonetheless, the resident was “back in action”, he mentioned, posting an accompanying photograph of what gave the impression to be a diaper in a plastic bag.

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“I have (given) feedback (about) this to Tampines Town Council and NEA and hopefully they can come up with something stricter to end this disgusting behaviour,” he mentioned.

“Our officer has reminded the resident that high-rise littering is an offence. The town council will work with the resident to resolve the issue,” the Tampines City Council spokesperson mentioned.

He added that past clearing the diapers, “we have put up door-to-door notices in the block to raise awareness of the issue”. 

“We have also kept the National Environment Agency in the loop about this high-rise littering case,” he mentioned. 

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Greater than 1,000 enforcement actions have been taken in opposition to high-rise litterbugs in 2020, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Setting Amy Khor mentioned in Parliament final month. 

First-time high-rise littering offenders face a wonderful of as much as S$2,000, whereas repeat offenders may be fined as much as S$10,000.