WASTE AND WATER We are acting to reduce emissions from waste. Our overall waste management strategy is to reduce waste through the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), and to incinerate the remaining waste in waste-to-energy plants. Incineration ash and non-burnable waste are then buried in landfill sites. Incineration is preferred over landfilling, since the direct burial of waste produces methane, a greenhouse gas. We intend to increase our recycling rate from 59% in 2011 to 70% by 2030, and we are looking into more ways to reduce emissions, such as recycling more plastic waste instead of incinerating it. Singapore has also reduced our direct methane emissions from wastewater sludge by incinerating the sludge. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and ECO-Special Waste Management (ECO-SWM) have collaborated to develop one of Southeast Asia's largest sewage sludge dehydration and incineration project in Singapore. The plant will result in the annual average reduction of an estimated 129,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide- equivalent, and is an emission reduction project registered with the UNFCCC to generate carbon credits in Singapore.