It’s official, our government has given up. After years of nagging us to return the trays, they finally snapped and implemented a deposit system where every tray requires a cash guarantee. No more ...

SINGAPORE — Amid a spirited public debate over the use of tray-return systems at hawker centres, Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor has reiterated that the longer-term objective is for ...

So, what are the issues that diners face with tray returning? Diners cite that they are often unable to get their refundable deposit due to the faulty ATRS, thus discouraging them from tray returning.

Earlier this week, Voices writer Jamie Tan suggested that the authorities forbid cleaners from clearing tables at hawker centres that charge refundable 50-cent or S$1 deposits for trays. This will ...

The tray return initiative started by the National Environment Agency (NEA) in March this year has met some resistance. A Facebook page named “Say NO to Tray Return Singapore” was set up on 19 May ...

SINGAPORE - A photo circulating on social media of a full tray-return rack with trays placed on the ground of a hawker centre was taken in 2016, and the situation there has improved greatly since, ...

Smiths Detection has launched a fully automated tray return system for airport checkpoints. The iLane A20 has been developed in cooperation with Interroll, and evolved from Smiths Detection’s existing ...

It may be no easy task persuading people to return their trays at hawker centres, even with a system being rolled out that has customers paying a deposit that they get back when they return their ...

SINGAPORE: Chen I-Ming may have found a way to motivate diners in hawker centres to return their trays after their meals. It is a device that incorporates sensors under each table — to detect the ...

URBANA – The students at King Elementary School waited in line to get their orange plastic trays, filled with their lunch of pancakes, sausage, tater tots and milk. When the kids were done eating ...

From Jan 1 next year, diners at coffee shops and food courts who do not return their trays and clear the tables after use will be fined, the authorities announced this week. The approach will be ...