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
|