Date: 6th – 7th December 2014
Time: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Venue: Halls of Residence and Examination Halls
While many realize the importance of recycling in conserving the environment, they may not always know how or where to begin. Fortunately for NTU students, there was a recycling drive organized by Earthlink last December. The recycling drive is a biannual event, held during the ends of both semesters every year.
It is vital and urgent to promote the notion of recycling and its value particularly amongst the youths.There is only one landfill in Singapore, the Semakau Landfill. It is estimated that it would be completely filled by 2035. In fact, this is the case for many places around the world too. An event such as this is necessary indeed in the efforts to reduce waste by changing waste materials into new products. What s worth mentioning here is not only did this campaign bring awareness to the students, it also brought along convenience so that the students could exercise the practice of recycling from within their comfort zones, as they did not have to go through the hassle of carrying the waste to recycling centres. Throughout this 1-month campaign, recycle bins were located outside the examination halls and at the halls of residence. Papers, clothes, plastic bottles and other recyclables were some of the common waste received from the students.
There was also a 2-day door-to-door collection where there were approximately 50 Earthlinkers being deployed to the hostels in NTU. Students were approached in their place of residence and recyclables were collected from them. Overall, the response was pretty good and by the end of the campaign, a total of 900kg of recyclables were collected from the bins as well as from door-to-door collection.
Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction, hence on-going efforts are truly needed to ensure the habit of recycling will be instilled among people. Look for the recycle bins near you and start doing the nature a favor now.