Pulau Semakau Island UPSC NOTE

 

Pulau Semakau island

• Pulau Semakau (or Semakau Island) is located to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. 

• The Semakau Landfill is located on the eastern side of the island, and was created by the amalgamation of Pulau Sakeng (also known as Pulau Seking), and "anchored" to Pulau Semakau. 

• The Semakau Landfill is Singapore's first offshore landfill and now the only remaining landfill in Singapore.

• Pulau Semakau is an “eco-friendly” trash island where ash from the incinerated garbage of the land-scarce Singapore city’s nearly six million people is dumped.