Victoria School Social Studies 2020 S3 EYE (Olvl)

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2 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Questions 1 - 5 are compulsory for all candidates. Exploring Citizenship and Governance Study the background information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1) Study Source A. What is the message of this cartoon? Explain your answer. [6] 2) Study Sources B and C. Does the resident in Source C think that the project in Source B will work? Explain your answer. [7] 3) Study Source D. Why do you think this source was published? Explain your answer. [7] 4) Study Source E. How useful is this source as evidence about Singaporeans’ attitude towards recycling? Explain your answer. [7] 5) Study Source F. How far d oes this source prove that Singaporeans are becoming more interested in recycling? Explain your answer. [8]

3 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Can Singapore become a zero-waste nation? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Waste generation has become a serious problem in Singapore. The only landfill in Singapore, Pulau Semakau is currently projected to last only till 2035 based on the current rate of waste generation. In 2018 , Singapore generated 7.7 million tonnes of waste, equivalent to the weight of 530,000 double-decker buses. To solve this unsustainable pattern of waste generation the Singapore government initiated the Zero -Waste Campaign in 2019. Individual lifestyle chan ges were one of the main foc i of the campaign ; mainly to encourage Singaporeans to reduce, reuse and recycle . The government has taken steps to further encourage domestic recycling by creating additional recycling chutes in newer public housing flats. At the end of 2019, The National Environment Agency (NEA) revealed that although the amount of waste generated decreased, recycling rates also decreased in Singapore. Therein lies the question of whether Singapore can become a zero-waste nation.

4 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Source A: A cartoon about recycling in Singapore, May 2010. *Karang guni – Rag and bone men who visit neighbourhoods to collect unwanted household items. Source B: From a project by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) to improve household recycling rates, 2019. We have decided to target the design of the current recycling bins to facilitate intuitive and conscious recycling process. Through the redesign of the bin, we aim to increase public awareness about the process of recycling right and reduce contamination of recyclables in recycling bins. This project is mainly targeted towards the HDB households. We hope to create a transparent bin which may make people more conscious of what they are placing into the bin, serving as a deterrence to those who wish to contaminate the recyclables. Notices are also to be placed at a person’s eye-level which would catch people’s attention and allow them to visualise what is allowed to be recycled with minimal effort. Don’t do that!! You’re not a Karang guni man!

5 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Source C: From an article posted by the Channel News Asia, August 2020. Before bringing my recyclables down to the blue bins, I always take the time to clean or wash the items that accumulate in my recycling corner. My mother and I make sure to remove all the non- recyclable parts like stickers and loose plastic packaging. For cardboard boxes we even try to cut out the parts with plastic or tape that cannot be removed before recycling the rest. But many Singaporeans are still not very educated about how to recycle properly. And most will not go to the same lengths or even further. For example, not everyone will remember or take the effort to remove the non-recyclable parts. Do you really think that Singaporeans in general will take the time out to do that when they don’t even take the time to do simple things? Source D: From an interactive online news article created by The Straits Times, April 2019. *E-commerce – Buying or selling of products and services online. We like shopping online, but it leads to lots of packaging waste. As we observe Earth Day on April 22, take a closer look at the problem, so we can fight it. Tweet photos, clips and stories of packaging waste, or post them on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtag: #STpackagingwaste 82% non-product volume

6 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Source E: From a Facebook response to a news article on poor recycling in Singapore, August 2020. Don’t just put a big blue bin and expect everyone to know what to do. How can you just have one bin and call it a recycle bin? The government should have separators in the bins like the ones in Taiwan. How do you expect people to separate the different types of recyclables when there are no separators in the bin? In my house, we always categorise the items by putting them into different bags but in the end we can only dump everything into the big blue bin. I wonder how do our recycling center sort out all these, with many unrecyclable trash in it as well? Or in the end do all the things that we put into the big blue bin just get thrown away? You can’t blame the public for the mix-ups of recyclables and trash when the bins are not helpful! Source F: A photograph of the ‘reverse’* vending machines during the launch by NEA, November 2019. *’Reverse’ vending machines gives out vouchers when recyclables are put in.

7 VICTORIA SCHOOL 20/S3SA2/SS Section B (Structured Response Question) Questions 6 - 7 is compulsory for all candidates. Living in a Diverse Society Study the extracts careful