Cleanliness Is A Shared Responsibility: NEA Continues Targeted Efforts To Improve Shared Spaces

4 September 2026 – In the first half of 2026, targeted efforts by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and stakeholders have led to cleanliness improvements across key areas, including high-rise littering, refuse management, and toilet cleanliness. These gains reflect NEA's multi-pronged approach — combining enforcement, technology, and partnerships — to keep Singapore clean. Cleanliness improves at targeted hotspots through sustained local efforts 2. NEA identifies cleanliness hotspots through litter counts, public feedback and ground observations, and applies targeted enforcement, surveillance, and ground engagement under the Cleaner Neighbourhood initiative to address these areas. [1] These sustained efforts have yielded results – at 628 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, there was a 54 per cent reduction in litter count from July 2025 to June 2026, and it is no longer a hotspot. 3. From January to June 2026, NEA conducted over 110 enforcement blitzes at cleanliness hotspots. In the same period, over 260 Corrective Work Orders were issued, requiring offenders to perform corrective work at these hotspots, serving as visible deterrents to others. [2] Islandwide, about 5,300 fines were issued f