PLASTICS – BANE OR BOON? Thursday, July 29, 2021 SINGAPORE PLASTIC WASTE In Singapore, according to statistics provided by the National Environmental Agency (NEA), we use about 1.76 billion plastic items each year, including 820 million plastic bags from supermarkets, 467 million PET bottles and 473 million plastic disposable items. Many of these plastics tend to be single-use items. For example, packaging waste, including plastics, form about a third of domestic waste disposed of in Singapore.