Directory: Environmental organizations

With the aim to encourage youth to network and collaborate in bringing change to the environment, Eco Youth Collective works on providing youth with various platforms to share, refine and work on their ideas for environmental action. One of these initiatives is through a mentoring programme, which ultimately ends with a pitching session where youth are given the opportunity to pitch their project ideas to a panel of judges. In 2021, 15 students managed to pitch a total of eight projects in their respective schools. Ultimately, this organization seeks to continuously build the confidence of the youth and provide the right exposure to prepare them to take action in environmental work.

The core activities of Package Pals include collecting packaging that can be reused through donations and distributing it to businesses. Through this, they also encourage businesses to reduce single-use packaging, which currently makes up one third of the domestic waste in Singapore. In one distribution session, Package Pals was able to distribute more than 1,000 pieces of packaging to businesses. In addition to collecting packaging that can be reused and redistributing it to organizations in need, Package Pals also holds numerous talks and events to educate the public on package waste.

Aligning with their original vision to reduce food wastage in the country, Savour! has worked with numerous organizations to ensure food does not go to waste. It links non-profit organizations, event planners and companies to merchants with products available at bulk discounts, or with sponsorship opportunities. This allows budget-tight organizations to access perfectly edible products, and prevents merchants from throwing food away. In one of their projects, Savour! managed to reallocate over 5,000 soon-to-expire food products to more than 5,000 migrant workers. To date, they have also achieved more than 3,000 platform listings and have connected with more than 200 merchants and 500 customers through their service.

As a zero-waste bulk store, UnPackt drives the mission of building a green and mindful Singapore. They actively educate their customers on ways to live a zero-waste lifestyle through bringing reusable containers and bags while shopping at their stores. In addition to this, UnPackt also educates its customers on eco-friendly and sustainable alternatives such as to substitute plastic cling films, single-use zipper bags and non-reusable utensils with beeswax wraps, reusable silicone bags and bamboo utensils. They also advocate switching to natural, non-toxic products such as cleaning detergents and cosmetics, demonstrating that we have everything we need to live a sustainable life.