Schools in the Island of Guam on Pacific Ocean will be receiving new recycling bins for aluminium cans under the novel I*Recycle Programme. The initiative is aimed at encouraging youngsters in as many as 60 schools to recycle more aluminium cans for a greener earth and a better tomorrow. New trendy plastic recycling bins will replace the current metal bins that have been in use for the last ten years. The new bins though a little costly at about $1,150 per piece will add to the excitement of the school going children, expect Guam government and I*Recycle Programme authorities.
According to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the island country managed a recycling rate of 29 per cent in 2015. While the rate is down four percentage points from the previous year, the island recycled 1728 tons - almost double the volume for 2014.
According to I*Recycle, already 12 bins have been placed all over Guam, and 12 more will be placed tomorrow.
We will keep working to monitor the recycling rate, encourage methods to make recycling easier for residents and help everyone work together to keep our island clean,’ says Guam EPA administrator Walter Leon Guerrero.
‘First and foremost, I feel that education is the key component to a successful island-wide recycling effort,’ says Peggy Denney, programme administrator of Guam’s i*recycle scheme.
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Denney estimates over half a million pounds of material waste goes every day to the Layon landfill, adding ‘there is an abundance of recyclables contained in that waste’. Getting the schools involved with recycle, hence, is very important, Denney feels.
Under the i*recycle scheme, Schools in Guam have so far collected over US$225 000 worth of recyclables, especially aluminium cans.
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