BID TO RECYCLE PLASTIC
FIRST it was glass recycling, now the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) is turning to plastic.
To be carried out together with the Malaysian Plastic Manufacturers Association, the plastic recycling campaign will seek the co-operation of 16 secondary schools.
MPPJ Urban Services Department director Kamariah Mohamad Nor said students will be asked to bring any plastic receptacle from home.
"We may allocate a lorry to collect from the school weekly or monthly depending on the collection. The plastic items will be sent to the association," she added.
She said the project will complement the garbage separation campaign being implemented in SS3. Plans are afoot to extend it to SS1 and SS22 at the end of the month.
"We discovered participating households are reluctant to separate the six recyclable items as they are few in number and small in amount. Instead, they lump everything into one bag," she said.
"This defeats the project’s purpose of making it easier for us to sort out recyclable things that will reduce garbage volume and prolong a dump’s lifespan."
Under the garbage separation programme, the six items are kitchen waste or food leftover; plastic and rubber; garden waste or biowaste; harmful substance; paper or cardboard; metal cans; and bottle and glass.
Kamariah said the public should not be reluctant to take part in this programme just because they only have one or two items at hand.
"Instead of thinking of only one tin can or one plastic bottle, think of the amount collected if 5,000 household are involved," she said.
The plastic recycling programme is expected to be launched at a two-day seminar for secondary school teachers at the end of the month.
Source : The Malay Mail, July 13 1993
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