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Residents must provide their own bottles when collecting the sanitiser at the vending machines. PHOTO: TEMASEK FOUNDATION
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Hand sanitiser vending machines said to be the first of their kind in the world squirted into action across Singapore yesterday.
Every household in the Republic is allowed to collect 500ml of zero-alcohol sanitiser for free.
Madam Liong Lai Fong, 79, a retiree, visited Block 565 Choa Chu Kang Street 52 to pick hers up.
The Temasek Foundation initiative - the second of its kind - uses machines that mix sanitiser concentrate with clean water and dispense the ready-to-use product into reusable bottles. The vending machines were designed by the foundation, which said they were the first in the world to automate the entire process.
Every household in the Republic is allowed to collect 500ml of zero-alcohol cleanser for free.
Retiree Liong Lai Fong, 79, visited Block 565, Choa Chu Kang Street 52 to pick hers up.
She said in Mandarin: I came to collect the hand sanitiser today because it was written on the utilities bill.
The Temasek Foundation initiative - the second of its kind - uses machines that mix sanitiser concentrate with clean water and dispense the ready-to-use product into reusuable bottles. The vending machines were designed by the foundation, which said that they were the first in the world to automate the entire process.
Image via Temasek Foundation Facebook
In a Facebook post dated March 30, Temasek Foundation announced that the free distribution would run from April 12 to April 25, via vending machines across multiple locations in Singapore.
Where to collect
According to a press release by Temasek Foundation, the vending machines can be located at 108 community centres/clubs (CCs), and at Temasek Shophouse at Orchard Road.
Other than vending machines at six CCs which run from 10am-10pm, those at all other CCs will operate 24/7. The six CCs are Bukit Merah, Joo Chiat, Katong, Siglap South, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh South.
You can locate the nearest vending machine to you using your postal code, via the stayprepared.sg/byobclean website.