The Tuas South Incineration Plant is the largest
such plant in Singapore. It was built at a cost of
S$900 million on 10.5ha of reclaimed land and
enables all incinerable waste generated in the
country to be disposed by incineration.
According to the Singapore’s National
Environmental Agency, the countr y has
experienced a sixfold increase in the amount of
solid waste disposed from 1,260 tonnes a day in
1970 to a peak of 8,338 tonnes a day in 2014.
Singapore’s solid waste management begins at
homes and businesses. Prior to sending solid
waste for incineration, recyclables are sorted and
retrieved for processing. Statistics reveal a high
level of construction and metal waste generated
by industries (see Table 1). Incineration reduces
the volume of solid waste by about 90%.
Currently, Singapore’s solid waste disposal
infrastructure consists of four waste-to-energy
(WTE) plants, namely Tuas, Senoko, Tuas
South and Keppel Seghers Tuas as well as the
Semakau Landfill. Incinerated ash and other nonincinerable wastes are transported to the Tuas
Marine Transfer Station and sent to the Semakau
Landfill by barges.
The Tuas South Incineration Plant (TSIP),
completed in June 2000, is the largest such plant
in Singapore. It was built at a cost of S$900 million
on 10.5ha of reclaimed land and enables all
incinerable waste generated in the country to be
disposed by incineration. TSIP has been designed
with an incineration capacity of 3,000 tonnes per
day and power generation capacity of 80MW of
electricity. About 20% of the power is recovered
for in-plant use.
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