From Orchard Road to HDB estates, recycling bins seem to be everywhere, underlinging the country's push for a greener city. But what some people throw into them is a different matter.

The Straits Times peeked into 80 recylling bins in public areas and found that all of them contained some rubbish that could not be recycled.

The "foreigh items" included decomposed chicken briyani, soggy tissue paper, prawn shells and chicken bones.Many bins were also used as ashtrays, while others were fouling-smelling and attaracted pests like fruit flies and ants.While the average amount of recyclyables collected from each bin in HDB estates has gone up- from 65kg per month in 2007 to 103kg per month last year the National Enviroment Agency(NEA) said that about one-fifth of all waste deposited in recycling bins could not be recycled.

OPINION>>I think the goverment should make a solution to it. I was also shocked when I noticed a recycling bin. It was almost same as that picture above. I think the reason is because of bad habit in Singapore. Singaporean houses usually have rubbish bin which is connected to downstairs and the rubbish can be easily thrown. I think due to it, we become lazy and refuse to recycle. The goverment should destory that as soon as possible. In korea, all the apartment have a day to throw the rubbish which can be recycled once a week and a person comes to a specific place to watch people whether they do right thing. I think Singapore will not have any problem if we follow it .