Last month, the National Environment Agency (NEA) announced that from Sept 1, patrons at hawker centres risk being warned or fined if they do not clear litter on their tables and return their dirty trays and crockery after a meal. Later in the year, this will also apply at food courts and coffee shops.
From now until Aug 31, there will be an advisory period when NEA will not take enforcement action. In the meantime, safe distancing ambassadors, SG Clean ambassadors, community volunteers and NEA officers deployed at hawker centres will continue to remind diners to clear their dirty trays, crockery and litter.
From now until Aug 31, there will be an advisory period when NEA will not take enforcement action. In the meantime, safe distancing ambassadors, SG Clean ambassadors, community volunteers and NEA officers deployed at hawker centres will continue to remind diners to clear their dirty trays, crockery and litter.
From Sept 1, first-time offenders will be issued with a stern warning, while second-time offenders will get a S$300 fine. Subsequent offenders may face court fines. The Singapore Food Agency will work with NEA to roll out enforcement progressively at coffee shops and foodcourts in the fourth quarter of this year.
Greensafe International Pte Ltd Jobs & Career has began a recruitment drive for Tray Return Ambassadors to be deployed at various locations across Singapore paying up to $2,200 per month per Ambassador.
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Scope:
Job Requirements:
Find out more about this job vacancy and application by clicking here.
Greensafe International Pte Ltd Jobs & Career has began a recruitment drive for Tray Return Ambassadors to be deployed at various locations across Singapore paying up to $2,200 per month per Ambassador.
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Scope:
- To engage and encourage patrons, stallholders and cleaners (i.e. stakeholders) of the hawker center to participate in the Tray Return Initiative
- Be familiar with the objective and conduct sharing sessions with the various stakeholders and community
- Plan and execute promotional activities
Job Requirements:
- Physically fit - Able to stand on long hours
- Good communication skills
- Able to work in a team
Find out more about this job vacancy and application by clicking here.
Meanwhile, NEA will be working with stakeholders, such as cleaning companies, to revise the table cleaning workflow for cleaners. The new workflow will focus on the cleaning and sanitising of tables, as well as managing tray return stations, as opposed to clearing dirty trays and food remnants from tables. The NEA will also be setting up 75 more tray return stations at hawker centres, in addition to the 900 available now.
From Sept 1, enforcement action will be taken against those who do not clean up after themselves in public dining places, a move that comes after years of extensive educational efforts to change the behaviour and mindsets of diners.
First-time offenders will be given a written warning. Second-time offenders will face a $300 composition fine, and subsequent offences may lead to court fines, which can go up to $2,000 for the first conviction. Enforcement action will not be taken against those with disabilities or are frail and elderly and unable to clear the tables.
From Sept 1, enforcement action will be taken against those who do not clean up after themselves in public dining places, a move that comes after years of extensive educational efforts to change the behaviour and mindsets of diners.
First-time offenders will be given a written warning. Second-time offenders will face a $300 composition fine, and subsequent offences may lead to court fines, which can go up to $2,000 for the first conviction. Enforcement action will not be taken against those with disabilities or are frail and elderly and unable to clear the tables.
Straits Times article on 23 June 2021