Bothers Punggol residents for months
How does one explain to their kid the presence of soiled sanitary pads strewn across the foot of their residential block?
"It's not just clear discharge, it's red," one frustrated mother told CNA. "I've got kids who ask me 'Mum, what's that?'"
Since the circuit breaker period last year, residents of Punggol Sapphire have been plagued by a
menstruating litterbug.
Punggol housing block residents plagued by sanitary pad litterbug
Discarded sanitary pads on the ledges of units in a housing block. (Photo: Cheryl Lin)
Over the past few months, residents at a Housing Board block in Punggol Sapphire estate have grappled with high-rise litter in the form of used sanitary pads – strewn across the ground floor or even stuck to their window ledges.
Residents at Block 268C Punggol Field told CNA that the problem surfaced around the COVID-19 "circuit breaker" period last year, when they began finding stained sanitary pads at the first floor of the housing block.
“When walking back from the multi-storey car park, I was so shocked to see this thing lying on the grass patch and drain covers,” said Ms Sue. The residents CNA spoke to did not want to reveal their full names as that would make known their address.
“Then when I was working from home, I was putting up some blinds and I saw some (of the pads) stuck on other neighbours’ window ledges … I was very shocked,” she said.
“It’s not just clear discharge, it’s red … I’ve got kids who ask me, ‘Mum what’s that?’” says a Punggol resident.
Resident horrified after neighbour's soiled sanitary pad lands on kitchen window ledge
Facebook user Gail Siow-Sethi took to group
Complaint Singapore to share a horrifying finding she had noticed at her window ledge. Siow-Sethi also claimed that it was the "second time" that day this had happened.
The soiled sanitary pad had apparently been flung out of a kitchen window, landing on the ledge near the laundry poles where she had hung some "clean clothes" out to dry.
In the comments, she also said she subsequently wrote a "nasty note" and stuck posters regarding the incident outside the lift lobby.
Disgusting asshole(s) throwing soiled pads out of kitchen window. 2nd time today. My clean clothes are hanging out there.
Sembawang resident horrified to find ground littered with soiled sanitary pads
Sembawang Town Council has responded to a case of soiled sanitary pads allegedly thrown from a unit at Sembawang Crescent.
Stomper Hing Yen alerted Stomp to the situation and said it has been a "recurring problem".
She shared photos of soiled sanitary pads she found near Block 363 Sembawang Crescent on July 12 and said she believes the pads were thrown from the block.
Soiled sanitary pad, pizza boxes thrown from Woodlands block
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has installed high-rise littering cameras at Block 626 Woodlands Avenue 6 after several incidents of littering.
Most recently, a Stomper alerted Stomp to a used sanitary pad and pizza boxes that were tossed from a window on Apr 24 at about 3.21pm.
"These people are truly disgusting and inconsiderate," she said.
Residents disgusted by several soiled sanitary pads thrown from toilet window at Yishun block
Of all the things people have thrown out of their windows, nothing is quite as unhygienic or disgusting as soiled sanitary pads.
A Stomper told Stomp that a resident at Block 439 Yishun Avenue 11 has been throwing pads from her unit for about a year now.
Bloody and used pads have been a common sight at the foot of the block but until now, the Stomper has been unable to trace who has been doing this. "On Saturday (Aug 24), we saw a pad stuck to the wall outside a window on the third floor," she said.
It's raining sanitary pads on roof of sheltered walkway in Clementi
A Stomper saw sanitary pads on the roof of a sheltered walkway in front of Block 440C Clementi Avenue 3, on Sunday (Sep 30) at 4.30pm.
The Stomper, a resident of the block, said that the pads have been there for more than a week. "I just moved into this flat five months ago and it is quite unsightly to be seeing people's private items near your home," she said.
"Some of them are also found on the air conditioning compressor boxes outside the window. The pads can be seen from the second floor and it is really inappropriate."
Several soiled sanitary pads thrown from kitchen window at Blk 313 Hougang Ave 5
We have seen items like rice cookers and chairs being thrown out of windows before, but what this woman throws out of her kitchen window may leave you feeling a little bit ... disgusted.
Stomper J alerted us to a woman staying in his block who he often sees throwing sanitary pads out of her kitchen window.
The incidents took place at the Stomper's block, Block 313 Hougang Avenue 5.
Nee Soon Town Council steps up fight against sanitary pad litterbugs in Yishun
There have been complaints of sanitary pads thrown down from Block 841, Yishun Street 81 (Photo: Aqil Haziq Mahmud)
Nee Soon Town Council is ramping up its battle against high-rise litterbugs at a housing block in Yishun, putting up notices in lifts and urging residents to report offenders to the National Environment Agency (NEA).
"The town council has received feedback on high-rise littering at this block," read a notice dated Wednesday (Sep 4) at Block 841 Yishun Street 81, adding that the most "prevalent article" being disposed of indiscriminately were sanitary pads.
"These inconsiderate acts dirty and damage the property of residents living at the lower floors and could endanger the lives of passers-by below," the notice stated.
There’s no stopping Yishun’s sanitary pad litterbug
The issue of high-rise littering stirred up a lively exchange in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 3), with Ms Lee Bee Wah (Nee Soon GRC) throwing light on a peculiar form of high-rise litter that has been a persistent issue in the past few years: soiled sanitary pads.
Ms Lee, who does monthly litter-picking with residents in her constituency, was among a handful of MPs who expressed concern about enforcement actions taken by the National Environment Agency against high-rise litterbugs.
She pointed out that deploying surveillance cameras for a short period of time hardly addresses the problem.
Yishun Sanitary Pad Litterbug May Only Stop After Menopause Hits
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Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah is frustrated, and understandably so. Out of all residential issues she’s had to deal with over the years, socially inconsiderate people at Block 841 Yishun Street 81 has been giving her much grief.
Over what, you ask? A womanly problem that comes in the form of soiled sanitary pads.
TODAY Online reports that the unsightly and unhygienic problem of used sanitary pads thrown from the block have plagued the neighbourhood for years.
MP raises sanitary pad littering problem at Yishun HDB block 'which will go away only when litterbug reaches menopause'
Retiree Lee Thian Hock, 68, said that the surveillance cameras installed around Block 841 on Yishun Street 81 were of no use. Litter that he sees in the lift could be left there for up to four days.
For years, passers-by and residents at Block 841 on Yishun Street 81 have had to deal with the periodic unhygienic problem of used sanitary pads thrown from one of the flats there, and it has stymied investigators and frustrated their Member of Parliament (MP) Lee Bee Wah.In a lively parliamentary exchange with Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources, the MP of Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC) said that the authorities’ efforts to nab the culprit have not paid off, despite repeated stakeouts by investigators from the National Environment Agency (NEA).
Evoking laughter from other MPs, Ms Lee said: “If you had the ambition to catch the culprit, you will be able to catch (her). Otherwise, looks like this problem will disappear only when the litterbug (reaches) menopause.”
Everything About Yishun’s Sanitary Pad Litterbug
Ah, another news about Yishun again. Besides the crazy cat murderers and white rabbit candy smoothie sweetening up that area, what more can Yishun house? Another case of animal abuse again? Or a new good food popping up soon?
None of the above. This time around, it’s about litterbugs at a housing block in Yishun. Specifically, sanitary pad litterbugs.
Yup. I had the same reaction too. Ew.
Woman fined $1,600 for repeatedly throwing used sanitary pads out of Toa Payoh flat
Image of the used sanitary pad (circled) thrown out of the window. PHOTO: NEA
A 28-year old woman was fined $1,600 and sentenced to three hours of Corrective Work Order (CWO) for repeatedly throwing used sanitary pads out of her home at Block 111, Lorong 1 Toa Payoh between Sept 29 and Oct 1, 2016.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement on Friday (June 30) that it had received 10 complaints about high-rise littering at the block between January and September 2016. Despite repeated rounds of educational outreach conducted by the town council and stake-outs by NEA officers at the block, the problem persisted.
A surveillance camera deployed by the NEA revealed that the28-year-old was behind three acts of high-rise littering over three days.
Tin Pei Ling goes after resident who threw sanitary pad
A case of high-rise littering raised the ire of the ward's MP - so much so that she decided to hunt the errant resident down.
When the MP for Marine Parade GRC Ms Tin Pei-Ling discovered that a resident had been disposing tampons out of the window, she spared no effort to look for the culprit - even though it meant combing through 7 floors worth of households.
Last week, the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that residents had complained of 'diapers' being frequently found at the foot of Blk 444 at Tampines Street 42. The final straw came when their MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng recovered a diaper that was still 'warm', prompting him to search over 12 floors to catch the diaper-throwing culprit.
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