Singapore's Waste Diplomacy: A Tale of Two Neighbors and a Troubling Trend The recent dust up over construction waste dumping in Pontian, Johor has shed light on a worrying pattern in Singapore Malaysia relations.
Beneath the surface of this environmental scandal lies a more complex issue: how two countries with ostensibly similar values and regulatory frameworks can have such vastly different approaches to waste management.
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) has stated that exporting construction and demolition waste is not allowed under Singaporean regulations.