Last Thursday (29 Oct), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced in a Facebook post that it would be launching a series of collection drives across different neighbourhoods.
In collaboration with national e-waste recycler ALBA, the drive will allow locals to safely get rid of non-compliant, damaged, or unused active mobility (AM) devices.
The collection period will run from November this year to January 2027.
Source: LTA via Facebook
In the post, LTA indicated that the collection dates would differ across regions.
Weekday collection will run from 5pm to 8pm, and weekend collection will run from 11am to 2pm.
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For the west, weekday collection will run at estates including Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok, Clementi and Woodlands. Weekend collection will include collection points at Jurong East and Marsiling.
Source: LTA via Facebook
In the north and north-east regions, weekday collection will run at estates including Ang Mo Kio, Sembawang and Yishun. Weekend collection will include collection points at Hougang and Sengkang.
Source: LTA via Facebook
In the east and northeastern regions, weekday collection will run at estates including Pasir Ris, Simei and Punggol. Weekend collection will include collection points at Bedok North and Tampines.
Source: LTA via Facebook
As for the central region, weekday collection will be available at estates including Shunfu Road, Bishan, and Depot Road. Weekend collection will take place at points including Toa Payoh and Serangoon.
Source: LTA via Facebook
The collection drive will also include the disposal of blue-seal Power-Assisted Bicycles (PABs).
On 7 Oct, Minister of State for Transport and for Culture, Community and Youth Mr Baey Yam Keng announced plans to phase out the blue-seal PABS.
After the devices were approved, the more comprehensive N15194 safety standard became mandatory in 2016.
Mr Baey raised the concern that the existing blue-seal PABs are now at least 10 years old, making suitable original replacement parts for older models harder to obtain.
Thus, LTA decided to retire the older generations of PABs to avoid fire risk from ageing electrical components.
Mr Baey added that existing users will be given over a year to transition to a compliant device.
From 1 Jan 2028 onwards, keeping or using a blue-seal PAB will be deemed an offence.
LTA encouraged PAB owners to first deregister the device on the OneMotoring website before dropping it off at the collection drive.
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Featured image adapted from LTA on Facebook (left) and Mobio Marketing via Unsplash (right).