The Department of Public Cleanliness (DPC) was formed on 1 April 2012. It was renamed as Division of Public Cleanliness with effect from 1 September 2020.
DPC’s objective is to improve the cleaning service quality in public areas by progressively incorporating higher performance standards and service delivery for public places. In addition, DPC also manages the clean-up of public places after emergency events such as road spillage, coastal oil spill, flood, tsunami, volcanic ash fallout and infectious disease outbreak.
DPC is responsible for cleaning the following areas, and carrying out the following cleaning activities:
Public areas
- Roads, pavements, back lanes, walkways, footpaths, footbridges, overhead bridges, underpasses
- Drains, and waterways
- Vacant state land
- Estate playgrounds, community parks, park connectors, and coastal parks
- Public beaches [Yearly Flotsam Data]
- URA car parks
Examples of cleaning activities
- Sweeping
- Removal of debris and leaf litter
- Removal of bulky waste
- Litter picking
- Clearing of bins
- De-silting of drains
Asset owners will continue to be responsible for work such as structural repairs and maintenance, horticulture and grass-cutting, toilet cleaning, and removal of graffiti.
Service providers
NEA engages four service providers to clean the public areas it is responsible for. The contact information, regions, and cleaning services provided by our service providers can be found in the table below.
Service Provider |
Region |
Cleaning Services |
Enquiry Tel No |
e-mail |
Re Sustainability Cleantech Pte Ltd |
South-East |
Public carriageways, pedestrian thoroughfare, recreational beaches, public parks, vacant state lands, periphery of HDB electrical substations, drains |
62706801 |
ipc.se@resustainability.com.sg |
800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd |
North |
Public carriageways, pedestrian thoroughfare, recreational beaches, public parks, vacant state lands, periphery of HDB electrical substations, drains
|
63663800
|
enquires@800super.com.sg
|
South-West |
SembWaste Pte Ltd |
Central-North
|
Public carriageways, pedestrian thoroughfare, recreational beaches, public parks, vacant state lands, periphery of HDB electrical substations, drains
|
1800 8981920
|
sg-public.feedback@sembcorp.com |
Chye Thiam Maintenance Pte Ltd |
Central-South
|
Public carriageways, pedestrian thoroughfare, recreational beaches, public parks, vacant state lands, periphery of HDB electrical substations, drains |
62818866 |
feedback_central@chyethiam.com
|
North-East | feedback@chyethiam.com |
Expressway
|
Expressway carriageways, pedestrian thoroughfare, drains
|
expressway_admin@chyethiam.com
|
Alternate Roadside Parking Programme
Public cleaning is very manpower intensive. In Singapore’s ever-tightening manpower landscape, the current manual mode of public cleaning is not sustainable in the long term. NEA works closely with its cleaning service providers (SP) as well as the community to find ways to improve cleaning productivity and efficiency and shift away from manual mode of cleaning. In the cleaning of private estates, vehicles parked by the roadside is a major obstruction to the safe operation of mechanical road sweepers and they also obstruct the cleaners cleaning the roadsides.
To enable the deployment of mechanical road sweepers to clean the estates effectively, NEA introduce the Alternate Roadside Parking programme as a trial since 2019 at selected estates, whereby we work closely with the grassroots and local community to park their vehicles on one side of the road on the day and time when the other side of the road is being cleaned. Signages are installed on lampposts in the estates to remind residents of the cleaning days and the side of the road that they can park their vehicles on those days. Information pamphlets are also distributed early to the residents so that they can adjust their parking arrangement accordingly.
As at Dec 2023, 21 private estates had participated in the trial and showed good response and support for the programme. The cleanliness levels of these estates had also improved with the better cleaning coverage. NEA will expand the programme to more estates.
If your estate wishes to participate in the programme, please contact NEA Division of Public Cleanliness (DPC)
Name of Officer Email AddressMr Madhavan Sridhar Madhavan_Sridhar@nea.gov.sg
Mr Aaron Low Aaron_Low@nea.gov.sg
Mr Alex Lee Alex_Lee@nea.gov.sg
List of estates that participated in the programme
S/N | Name of Estate | GRC |
1 | Woodgrove Estate | Marsiling - Yew Tee |
2 | Namly Estate | Holland - Bukit Timah |
3 | Jalan Wajek | Holland - Bukit Timah |
4 | Lakeside Grove | Jurong |
5 | Mei Hwan Estate | Aljunied |
6 | Happy Estate | Bishan - Toa Payoh |
7 | Windsor Park | Bishan - Toa Payoh |
8 | Cambridge Road | Tanjong Pagar |
9 | Cashew Crescent | Holland - Bukit Timah |
10 | Galistan Avenue | Chua Chu Kang |
11 | Jalan Jelita | Tanjong Pagar |
12 | Soo Chow Garden | Bishan - Toa Payoh |
13 | Chuan Walk | Aljunied |
14 | Jalan Pari Burong/ Jalan Pari Dedap | East Coast |
15 | Jalan Kandis | Sembawang |
16 | Springleaf Crescent | Nee Soon |
17 | Sennett Avenue | East Coast |
18 | Li Hwan Drive | Aljunied |
19 | Lorong Sari | West Coast |
20 | Thomson Ridge | Bishan - Toa Payoh |
21 | Evergreen Avenue | East Coast |