Current waste management trends in Singapore and Australia show a gap between public awareness and actual recycling results. This has led both countries to review their policies and change their infrastructure.

目前新加坡與澳洲的廢棄物管理趨勢顯示，公眾意識與實際回收結果之間存在差距。這促使兩國重新審視政策並調整其基礎設施。

In Singapore, the government has started reviewing the 2019 Zero Waste Masterplan because recycling rates dropped from 59% in 2019 to 52% in 2025. Experts emphasize that although more households are participating, the process is less effective because of high contamination in mixed collection systems. Consequently, they argue that Singapore needs to move toward separating waste at the source and creating a circular economy that involves both producers and regulators. Furthermore, the cost of recycling is affected by unstable global markets, which means the country must develop its own domestic processing capabilities.

在新加坡，政府已開始審查 2019 年的「零廢棄主計劃」，因為回收率從 2019 年的 59% 下降至 2025 年的 52%。專家強調，儘管參與的家庭增加，但由於混合收集系統的污染率高，導致過程效率降低。因此，他們主張新加坡需要向源頭分類廢棄物邁進，並建立一個由生產者和監管機構共同參與的循環經濟。此外，回收成本受全球市場不穩定影響，這意味著該國必須發展自身的國內處理能力。

Similarly, Australia is facing challenges in the soft plastics sector after the failure of REDcycle. To address this, Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia (SPSA) was created and has increased its processing capacity to over 20,000 tonnes per year using new technology. However, there is still a shortage of collected materials because consumer trust and public awareness remain low. To solve these problems, there is a push for mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. These laws would shift the financial and operational costs of a product's lifecycle from the government to the companies that produce the goods, following successful examples from the European Union and East Asia.

同樣地，澳洲在 REDcycle 失敗後，軟塑料領域也面臨挑戰。為了應對這一點，澳洲軟塑料管理組織 (SPSA) 隨之成立，並利用新技術將處理能力提升至每年 20,000 噸以上。然而，由於消費者信心與公眾意識仍然低下，回收物料依然短缺。為了解決這些問題，目前正推動強制執行「生產者延伸責任」(EPR) 法案。這些法律將產品生命週期的財務與營運成本從政府轉移至生產商品的企業，這是參考了歐盟與東亞的成功案例。

Both countries are now moving away from simple public awareness campaigns and toward more complex systems based on better infrastructure and producer accountability.

兩國目前正脫離簡單的公眾意識宣傳，轉向建立基於更完善基礎設施與生產者問責制的複雜系統。