Green cam p aign yields 134 ,4 00kgo f recyclables
ne ar future .”
Through the campaign, the stude nts le arne d th atany small action can contribute significantly in re ducing th e ir impact and e cological footprint. Th e total re cyclable s colle cte d th rough th e campaign was e quivale nt to saving 3.24 million litre s of wate r, 569,951 kWH of e ne rgy and 205,877 litre s of oil.Th e pape r colle ction of 122,300kg also save d 2,078 tre e s th at can absorb13,893kg of carbon dioxide and produce e nough oxyge n for 6,235 pe ople e ach ye ar.
“The Pahlawan Plane tcampaign re inforce d sustainability by e mpowe ring stude nts as advocate s and e ffe ctive role mode ls to prote ctthe e nvironme ntand re duce waste to landfill in Malaysia.Stude nts wh o participate d h ave gaine d skills be yond th e classroom and th e campaign can be imple - me nte d inde pe nde ntly by th e sch ools in the future tocontinue thissustainable life - style ,” said P&G Malaysia, Singapore and Brune i Communications and Gove rnme nt Re lations Le ade r Nadiah Sye d Nah ar.
Base d on th e ir ove rall pe rformance th rough out th e campaign e xe cution, 23 schools we re se le cte d to advance to the final stage . Atth is stage th e stude ntproje ct te ams we re re quire d to make apre se ntation to apane l of inde pe nde nt judge s. To de te rmine th e ove rall winne rs, th e sch ools we re the n asse sse d on diffe re ntaspe cts of th e ir re cycling colle ction, imple me ntation of th e ir re cycling proje cts and outre ach campaigns, re portwriting, financial re porting, communications as we ll as th e ir pre se ntations to th e judge s.
“TrEES Young Voice s for Conse rvation ch alle nge s stude nts to th ink about our impact on plane t Earth and our future . TrEES’ partne rsh ip with P&G Malaysia e nh ance d th e scope of th e programme th rough th e Pah lawan Plane t campaign. While this is acompe tition, the e mphasis is on uniting to save our plane t.
“The 630 stude ntte am me mbe rs from 35 sch ools motivate d 22,947 h ouse h olds to be gin re ducing and re cycling th e ir waste s. The quality of the ir work throughoutthe programme h as be e n outstanding,” said TrEES dire ctor Le e laPanikkar.
SMK De ngkil place d se cond and won RM3,300 while SMK Taman Jasmin 2 place d th ird and won RM3,000. Th re e spe cial me rit prize s worth RM1,500 e ach we re also awarde d to SMK King Ge orge V, SMK Taman De sa2 and SMK Ch e ras Jaya.
Th e total amountpaid to th e 35 se le cte d schools for the re cyclable s colle cte d was RM37,497.Monie s re ce ive d by the schools will be use d to improve the ir gre e ning e fforts and activitie s with in e ach sch ool.