1. Push buttons 1689 (Area F2) / 2567 (Area G) on the keypad to unlock.

2. Items in the shed:

• 2 heavy-duty carts

• 2 plastic containers with 50 metal tongs each

• 50 pails as replacement for trash bags (or prepare own trash bags, if necessary)

• Plastic and metal sieves for collection of meso- and microplastics

• 3 weighing scales (please remove battery after every use)

3. Collect the necessary tools and place them on the heavy-duty cart.

You may bring the cart to the meeting point for distribution.

4. Upon completion of clean-up, consolidate all the collected litter in trash bags and dispose at the carpark or near dustbins at the pathway.

5. Wash and dry all items. Please ensure no collection of water on the items to prevent rusting or mosquitoes breeding.

6. Return all items to the CleanPod and KEEP IT TIDY for the next user.

7. Lock it by pressing down all numbers on the keypad. 

Clean Pods are a sustainable effort to keep Singapore clean by providing shared resources for everyone to access. Commonly located in parks spread across Singapore, these Clean Pods contain tools and equipment that one may need for picking up trash such as metal tongs, buckets as well as garden carts for transportation of tools and trash.

Through this activity, participants come to realise that despite efforts of regular cleaning by volunteers or employed personnel, there is still an abundance of trash. I love getting my participants to share about why they think this is so and would start introducing our Zero Waste masterplan. I will then get them to use the trash they have collected and get them to incorporate it into their sandcastle building activity, where they will share ways of how they can create a sustainable dream city.

I asked my pax to comb the depth of the area from the shoreline across the beach and the grass patch and the drains to the edge of the coastal shrubs to uncover hidden stories from clues left behind.

The 2 groups were engaged in piecing together all the different types of trash that they found into 2 stories: 1 of a murder crime scene investigation and another of a World War I assassin’s escape to Singapore.

Once they were connected to the trash that they picked up, it was easier to deliver our typical Environmental Education message.