On Sept 10 you can drop off your unwanted electronic items such as cellhphones and computers at various dropoff points.

This is part of a recycling campaign, Recycling Week 2010, that began today. It is initiated by the National Environment Agency (NEA).

NEA will be collaborating with companies such as Canon and Dell to set up four collection points at West Mall, Junction 8 Shopping Centre, NorthPoint Shopping Mall and Changi Simei Community Club for the public to drop off their electronic waste.

More information can be found at www.cgs.sg

Other recycling activities include a recyclables exchange for food items or cash, colouring contests for pre-schoolers, stage games, and exhibitions.

Five constituencies -- Punggol South, Woodlands, Thomson, Changi Simei and Cho Chu Kang -- have also won an inaugural award for their recycling efforts.

The constituencies were judged based on their commitment and efforts to promote the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recyle) in their communities.

The 3Rs Achiever Awards was launched by the National Environment Agency this year. Each year, one award will be presented to a constituency in each of the five districts -- North East, North West, Central, South East and South West.

In a statement released today, NEA said through the recognition of recycling efforts, it hope to encourage other constituencies to emulate the achievements of winning constituencies and help contribute to meeting Singapore?s overall recycling target of 60 per cent by 2012.

A series of activities will also take place between Sept 4 to 11 to raise public awareness on the importance of waste minimisation.

Said Mr Andrew Tan, chief executive officer of NEA, "Practising the 3Rs is a holistic way of minimising the amount of waste generated.

"Apart from recycling, there is also an important need for us to reduce and reuse.

"Otherwise, whatever waste that we reduce by recycling may be offset by an increase in waste generated.

"Under the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint, we are aiming to achieve a recycling rate of 70% by 2030," said Mr Tan.

Singapore's overall recycling rate has increased from 48 per cent?in 2004 to 57 per cent?in 2009.

Correspondingly, the amount of recyclables collected from households has increased from 12,600 tonnes in 2004 to 23,200 tonnes in 2009.