Singapore turns rubbish into energy and footpaths

Singapore is a small country with a big rubbish problem. Currently most of its waste is burned and buried on an artificial island – but that is nearly full.

So the country is experimenting with a waste-to-energy system – burning its rubbish to generate electricity then putting the remaining material to build things like footpaths.

But critics say this doesn’t address the real problem – we’re just producing too much trash reports the BBC’s Lucy Martin.

Video by Mohamad Shukor Bin Kasmuni.