Singapore Opens
Garbage Landfill Island to Tourists
July 18, 2005 — By Associated Press
SINGAPORE — The Singapore government
has opened a landfill island, made entirely from garbage incinerator
ash, to its citizens in a bid to share its "rich natural environment."
"Throughout the planning, design, and construction of the landfill
island, and since it came into operation, painstaking efforts have been
made to protect the island's ecosystem and preserve its rich natural
environment and biodiversity," the National Environment Agency said in a
statement.
The Semakau landfill is about eight kilometers (five miles) south of
Singapore. The Nature Society of Singapore and the Sport Fishing
Association of Singapore are among the independent groups organizing
visits to the dumpsite, the statement said.
Source: Associated Press |