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A Singapore shoe recycling project will be subject to surprise inspections following a Reuters
investigation that found footwear it donated to the scheme was not recycled, Singapore's minister of
culture said on Monday.
US petrochemicals giant Dow Inc and Sport Singapore, a government agency, had pledged that the
shoes would be ground down to make playgrounds and running tracks.
The investigation, using location trackers hidden inside the soles of shoes, found sneakers donated by
Reuters in Singapore had instead been exported to Indonesia for resale.
That also contravened a 2015 ban by Indonesia on such practices which was put in place for hygiene
purposes and to protect its local textile industry.
Presented with Reuters findings, Dow and Sport Singapore opened an investigation and later
terminated the contract of Yok Impex, a local textile exporter that was subcontracted to collect shoes
from donation bins.
They issued a statement after the publication of the Feb. 25 story apologising to the public for a "lapse"
in its recycling supply chain.
"What resulted, as far as we can tell, from the investigation ... came from a lax system," Minister for
Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said, responding to questions in parliament.
He added that in addition to unannounced inspections for contractors hired to collect the shoes,
companies that export textiles or footwear will not be employed again.
"The project partners have taken steps to tighten the process chain," Tong said, adding that learning
points would be shared with other recycling projects in Singapore.
Indonesia also said this month it would tighten customs checks at small ports to crack down on the
illegal import of second-hand shoes as a result of Reuters' findings.

Questions
1. What is the best title of this passages?
2. Find the main ideas of each paragraph
3. What is the main issue on the first paragraph?
4. What does Singaporean government’s reaction to the issue in the passage above?
5. What will Singaporean government do to solve the problem stated in the passage above?
6. Who are Dow Inc and Sport Singapore?
7. From the passage above, how can the used shoes donated by Singaporean for recycling
project be found Indonesia?
8. What consequences are faced by the party which manipulated the sneakers donation?
9. To anticipate illegal import of the second-hand items, what does the Indonesian
government do in the near future?
10. What do you think about the issue above, do you agree if our government ban thrifting?
why you agree and why you disagree?