Shoes in recycling project being sold in Indonesia: Edwin Tong says processes tightened and lessons to be learnt across agencies

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Sports shoe recycling lapse: Edwin Tong says processes tightened and lessons to be learnt across agencies

Speaking in Parliament, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said that additional measures added to the"old shoe new future" programme run by Sport Singapore and partners include:

The recycling initiative was launched in July 2021 as part of a national effort to recycle sports shoes into material for facilities such as fitness corners and playgrounds. It is spearheaded by SportSG and petrochemicals giant Dow Inc. Mr Tong said said that"some oversight, some checks, some unannounced, some audits, some reports, all these can be put into the contract and provisions for reporting".

Mr Dennis Tan, MP for Hougang Single Member Constituency, asked about the frequency of inspections to be conducted at contractors’ and subcontractors’ premises.“One of the learning points from this is to precisely conduct these checks, often also unannounced, so that there will be not just the check itself, but the whole framework and a system to deter activities that don't comply with the contractual scope of the obligations,” said Mr Tong.

 

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