The Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) was set up in 2001 as a registered society to represent and promote the interests of its 150-odd members who include mainly General Waste Collectors and recycling companies. It also seeks to upgrade and professionalise the industry as well as work with the government and community to promote recycling in order to create a more sustainable living environment. WMRAS seeks to achieve its objectives through the organisation of trade exhibitions, conferences or symposiums, such as WasteMET Asia; seminars, workshops, professional sharing and business networking / matching sessions and overseas business mission trips.

As an Approved Training Organisation in Singapore, WMRAS also holds Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) courses for frontline operations staff and certificate, diploma and degree programmes in waste management and recycling for supervisors, executives and managers. In 2015, WMRAS, a member of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), established the Asia Pacific Waste and Environment Alliance (APWEA) to promote closer collaboration between its member-companies and their counterparts in the region. The founding chairman of APWEA from 2015 to 2018, WMRAS is also affiliated to the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) in Britain and the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA).

VOICING MEMBERS CONCERNS

To provide a platform for the members to come together to identify and address the environmental concerns and issues in the waste management and recycling industry. To foster information exchange, networking and closer relationship among the members and between government, industry and people.

PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY

To promote waste reduction, recycling, reuse and recovery; and create public awareness of the waste management and recycling industry as well as environmental and industry concerns. To advance the scientific, technical and practical aspects of waste management and recycling.

CONNECTING THE WORLD

To liaise and establish affiliations with local, national, and international organisations with similar purposes and concerns.