Appeal

I have already sent an email to Mr Joseph Lim, Mr Jeremy Wong, Ms Tan Ching Sing and to all of you regarding the appeal of rubbish bins. Wish that they would help us

I have already got a rough idea on what to do for the poster already. For the information, I think they might be too long. Can weiyi help to summarise? (Given the fact that you have not contributed! Muahahahahaha) :p

Weixuan, Ng #26.

How to recycle in school

Here are some tips on how to recycle in school.
1) Reuse paper as raft paper.
2) Do not throw paper into the class bin and collect them in a stack then give it to the recycling centre. You may get some $$$.
3) Do not mix paper cups with waste food, segregate them into separate parts.

How to fold a packet drink.
1) Pull out the straw.
2) Pull out both ends and squash them flat.

Recycle

Recycling involves processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".

Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, wood, timber, cloths etc. Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

In a strict sense, recycling of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material, for example used office paper to more office paper, or used foamed polystyrene to more polystyrene. However, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources), so "recycling" of many products or materials involves their reuse in producing different materials instead. Another form of recycling is the salvage of certain materials from complex products, either due to their intrinsic value, or due to their hazardous nature.

Critics dispute the net economic and environmental benefits of recycling over its costs, and suggest that proponents of recycling often make matters worse and suffer from confirmation bias. Specifically, critics argue that the costs and energy used in collection and transportation detract from the costs and energy saved in the production process; also that the jobs produced by the recycling industry can be a poor trade for the jobs lost in logging, mining, and other industries associated with virgin production; and that materials such as paper pulp can only be recycled a few times before material degradation prevents further recycling. Proponents of recycling dispute each of these claims, and the validity of arguments from both sides has led to enduring controversy.

Our Progress

We have already done all the research work and we just left in designing the poster. Wei Xuan is in charge of doing the poster and for the design, Wei Xuan will just decide on how to draw the poster.

To wei xuan,
for the poster make sure you have the summarised data from the survey,
facts on recycling that we researched
and pictures of rubbish will be sent to you via email

Recyclemania

In America there is a competition called the recyclemania that motivates the students from colleges and universities to recycle. Items such as Boxboard / Chipboard, Catalogs / Junk mail / Magazines / Phone books,Hard and softbound books, Newspaper, Office Paper (all colors) are in the category of paper. Items such as Aluminum / Steel cans, Glass bottles and jars are in the category of cans and bottles. This competition is welcome by lots of countries now and there is a lot of participants in every competition. This competition can teach students the importance of recycling, teamwork and also they might start to have a habit of recycling. We could put this type of competition in school between each level or each class to motivate the pupils from recycling.

By doing this it will help in reaching in our project goal which was to make the school a cleaner place to study in.