From Trash to Land

Today, our Creation Care class went to visit Pulau Semakau. This has been one of the Most Educational Trip I've ever been to in a long time. 

Basically, the Singapore government realized that they are lacking in land space for trash. So, they came out with a superb system to:

• Collect daily trash from the citizens
• Send it to incineration plant to burn the trash
• Transport the ashes to Tuas Marine Tranfer Station
• Then transfer the ashes to fill the sea in between these two islands (Pulau Semakau and Pulau Sakeng) to make it one big plot of land

Literally, from Trash to Land. 

We gathered at Pasir Panjang jetty and took a boat over to Pulau Semakau.

Arrived at Pulau Semakau's port

 Went to the Information Center and learnt about this amazing project from scratch. The tour guide was amazing in filling us with all the details and answering all our questions.

 A van drove us along the "Most expensive road built"- the road surrounding the landfill and showed us all the different plots of landfill that they have sectioned out. 

The place looks beautiful. I didn't spot a single mosquito. We saw some kingfishers, monitor lizards and fishes- it's amazing how eco-friendly it is. 

The image above is how it looks like on the plot that hasn't been filled with trash ashes yet. 

The image above shows how the land looks like after it's been filled. They put in all the trash ashes and then put a layer of top soil over it for natural plants to grow on its own. It basically just looks like another plain field, a place where natural habitat can live and find it their home. 

We were told that this Semakau landfill can last us until 2035 (in another 18 years). So everyone was reminded to do our individual part in Recycling, Reusing and Reducing whenever possible so that we won't produce so much trash that will take up so much space.

Together, let's save the environment!