Bagasse
and Beyond
Sugarcane being fed through a stainless steel press at an outdoor stall

Route plan

Eight hawker centres. Three loops.

A planned way to collect sugarcane waste across Singapore.

Partnerships
12
Runs a week
2
Hawker centres
8
Stalls named
7
Whole-island run
58 km

We have secured 12 partnerships in person. This page is a plan, not the partner list. Its stalls come from public listings, so being shown here does not make a stall one of the 12.

01

The run

Collection happens twice a week, by car.

  1. Drive

    Douglas’s mom drives the car along the route.

  2. Collect

    At each stop, Douglas collects the bagasse in large containers.

  3. Load

    The containers go into the car, and the run continues to the next stop.

  4. Store

    At the end of the run, the bagasse is stored in a facility.

02

The map

Choose a loop, then a stop.

Satellite image from Sentinel-2, 2025 to 2026.

    03

    The loops

    Each leg in order. Drive times assume no traffic and do not include time at the stall.

    04

    Closures

    Hawker centres shut for cleaning, so check these dates against the two weekly runs. Next dates as of 31 October 2026.

    CentreNext closureStallsOwner
    Albert Centre30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026234HDB
    Marsiling Mall7 to 9 Dec 202670 food stallsNot in dataset
    Maxwell14 Dec 2026103Government
    Whampoa Makan Place14 Dec (Blk 91/92), 15 Dec (Blk 90)256 across bothHDB
    Blk 409 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1014 to 16 Dec 2026142HDB
    Changi VillageQuarter 4 dates still to be confirmed129HDB
    East Coast Lagoon Food VillageNone left in 2026 (last was 12 to 14 Oct)63Government
    Golden MileNone left in 2026 (last was 26 to 29 Oct)223Government

    05

    Planning

    What decides the order, and what to settle with each new stop.

    1. Start with Central

      Four centres sit within 8.7 km and about 15 minutes of road, so it is the shortest loop.

    2. Treat Marsiling as a cluster

      AsiaOne reported in June 2024 that Marsiling Mall had 7 sugarcane stalls left, down from 18. One stop could cover several stalls, but they still need to be counted again, because rising cane costs were closing them.

    3. Keep the East loop separate

      Changi Village and East Coast Lagoon Food Village are about 16 km apart and well away from the central stops, so they make sense as their own run.

    4. Ask the stallholder first

      Check that the stall is still open, then ask what happens to its pressed cane, how much it produces and when it could be picked up.

    5. Ask the centre too

      Check the rules for moving waste out of the centre with whoever manages it. Some hawker centres also have food waste digesters, so bagasse may already have a route there. NEA’s food waste rules also mention licensed collectors for some buildings, so confirm whether the initiative needs one.

    6. Agree the two run days

      With two runs a week, each stall needs to know when the car is coming and where to keep its pressed cane until then.

    7. Weigh every pickup

      No public source gives bagasse output per stall in Singapore. Weighing each stop would show which stops fill the containers fastest.

    Sources

    Data

    Photos

      Photos are resized, and some are cropped.