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May 10, 2005
Malaysia drowning in garbage
Malaysia is a beautiful country, no doubt about this. Honestly, it is one of the better places to be in this world - but of course, where ever you are, you find negative things. Like - when you want to see something, you begin to see it.
Anyway, recycling is not something that is close to the Malaysian heart - too many people still just throw rubbish into drains, or on the road.
It is great to see, so, that there is a change of mind all around you. There are now more articles in the different newspapers blowing the horn of recycling, and bringing quite heavy numbers on the overall pollution level.
"Waste heaps amount to 23,000 tonnes a day. That means each of us dumps 0.9kg each day. Of this, only 0.2kg is recycled, consisting mostly of paper, aluminium and iron, with small amounts of glass and plastic."
Last weekend, I saw the National Kidney Foundation on a collection drive in The Curve. This time, they didn't only collect money, instead, pencils were given to the donators. Made from old recycled newspapers. What a fantastic idea!!
The picture shows the box with the pencil as the final product.
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Posted by Andreas at May 10, 2005 02:34 PM
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awesome! i think they should start educating the importance of recycling in elementary school. make it a child's habit to recycle.. on top of that..they should start installing recycling bins in public too. like the ones we see in england and canada.
malaysian authorities just haven't made it their priority to educate the public.. just yet.. :P
Posted by: Ivy at May 16, 2005 09:15 PM