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The day we took away the blue bins
Would removing all recycling bins in the neighbourhood build better habits? What followed was equal parts encouraging, frustrating and revealing.
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We like to think of ourselves as principled or having the right values, but in reality, most of us are conditional do-gooders, says the writer.
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A week ago, something quietly radical happened in Tiong Bahru, where I live. Residents in this unique, heritage enclave did something that, in most places, would probably trigger a minor revolt: We asked for our blue recycling bins to be taken away.
Not reduced, not relocated, but removed entirely – for three months.
