{
  "id": 16846335,
  "title": "'Sacrificing her well-being and hygiene': Singaporeans divided over video of elderly woman collecting BCRS cans from rubbish bins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/sacrificing-her-well-being-and-hygiene-singaporeans-divided-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T03:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/sacrificing-her-well-being-and-hygiene-singaporeans-divided-over-video-of-elderly-woman-collecting-bcrs-cans-from-rubbish-bins"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SINGAPORE: A video and a photo of an elderly woman going deep into a rubbish bin to fish out cans that were posted recently on social media have received a lot of attention, with some netizens critical of the recycling scheme for beverage containers that was introduced earlier this year in Singapore. Posted on the Complaint Singapore Facebook page on Oct 24, the video shows a woman standing in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}