KUCHING: SK Siburan Batu recently concluded
the 3rd year of its solid waste segregation and recycling programme which was
held jointly with the Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) and Trienekens (Sarawak)
Sdn Bhd.
The programme’s objectives were to
introduce the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) concept and inculcate the habit and practice
of separating solid waste at source amongst the primary school students.
MPP Municipal Secretary represented by its
Public Health Officer, Segar Kallang said improving public awareness on solid
waste management issues had always been one of the council’s top agenda.
“The responsibility of keeping the
environment clean and healthy is a community effort. None of the awareness or
community programmes would be successful without the full cooperation from all
parties. As a community, we have to continue working together to improve the
situation and one of the ways is to start managing and recycling our wastes
properly. In this case, the council will continue to work closely with the
schools under its jurisdication,” he said.
Trienekens’ Department Manager for KIWMP
Maintenance, Christo Michael, who spoke at the event said the programme was
successful due to commitment by the school.
Besides that, several other environmental
education activities were also held and allowed the recycling programme to develop
and become an integral learning component of the school’s environment.
“Each of the teachers and students have
played a significant role in making a difference in the way they manage their
waste. So far, we have received very encouraging feedbacks from teachers about
the positive change in behaviours of the students. We hope that the programme
can continue to create greater awareness and improve recycling practices in the
school,” Christo added.
This year, the school successfully
separated and recycled 2,500kg of solid waste. In addition to the inter-class
recycling competition, the students also took part in other environment-themed
educational activities such as awareness talks, colouring competition and
poster drawing competition. All contest winners took home exciting prizes.
Also present at the event were SK Siburan
Batu Headmaster, Vinu ak Batu; Senior Assistant (Students’ Affairs), Ilbaes ak
Edem, Trienekens’ Department Manager (CSR), Janet J. Balong and Corporate
Communication Executive, Anthea Lee and MPP Public Health Officer, Fam Sui
Seng.
By : NewsDesk,
Sarawak Tribune
Date Posted : Friday 02-Dec-2016
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