[skhro87]

While I agree there is a lot of plastic used for disposable plastic bags, it is not common to get disposable chopsticks in hawker centers, unless you ask for takeout, which often costs 20-50c extra. Usually all plates/cutlery in hawker centers are reusable plastic. While Singapore cannot be compared to Europe in terms of "save-the-environment" attitude, there recently has been improvement (e.g. some supermarkets started to give discount if you bring your own bag; government incentives to educate people to use reusable plastic etc).

Also, you say Singapore doesn't feel like a very clean city to you, but you don't have any examples. Certainly Singapore is very clean compared to any European/German city of the same size, or anywhere else in SEA.

I'm also German, living in Singapore for 6+ years.

[ValentineC]

> While I agree there is a lot of plastic used for disposable plastic bags, it is not common to get disposable chopsticks in hawker centers, unless you ask for takeout, which often costs 20-50c extra. Usually all plates/cutlery in hawker centers are reusable plastic.

Naming one case that might stand out: Lau Pa Sat's stalls almost all use disposable cutlery.

[Sureai]

I guess especially if one considers the population density the cleanliness is remarkable. From just walking around and experiencing litter volume I see no difference to Munich, despite the missing vandalism and chewing gum. I don't say, that Singapore feels dirty. It just feels normal. Of course feeling is not a scientific value, but for the "super clean Singapore" my expectations were different. Now I can more relate to the super cleaned Singapore as a statement about this city.