Green School Project accompanies the waste-for-gift exchange program at Dien Hoa Secondary School (Hue Province, Vietnam)

Tuesday, 25/04/2023, 06:03 GMT+7

The Green School Project accompanies Dien Hoa Secondary School (Hue Province, Vietnam) to organize a program to exchange waste of milk cartons, old books, notebooks, old clothes for gifts for all students of the school. With the message "Waste is a resource", the program aims to spread the sense of responsibility to protect the environment, raise awareness and change students' behavior towards the surrounding environment. Students understand the importance and significance of waste sorting, collection, and recycling.

The program took place on April 24, 2023, with the participation of all students, teachers, school administrators and A Chau Environment Company.

Sharing the message "waste is a resource" and the meaning of sorting, collecting and recycling.

In schools, where the future owners of the country are sown, environmental issues, above all, waste management needs to be paid attention to and have appropriate solutions in accordance with regulations. Contributing to propagating environmental education, raising awareness and changing students' behavior towards the surrounding environment, gradually orienting green consumption habits.

A Chau Environment shared the message "waste is a resource" and the meaning of sorting, collecting and recycling.

The “waste exchange for gifts” program with the desire to spread the message "waste is a resource" and propagate to students to join hands to protect the environment through small actions. Each action reaps a habit, each habit sows character, each meaningful small action if accumulated and spread will create a great effect. We will limit emissions to the environment and minimize waste disposal by landfill method.

Activities of waste exchange of milk cartons, old books, newspapers, old notebooks, old clothes for gifts and recovery of waste batteries treated with 0 VND.

The program was actively participated by students. They understood the important role and meaning of sorting – collecting – recycling, as a premise to give future generations the habit of preserving the environment naturally with even the smallest actions.

Students were excited and actively participated in the program.

For milk cartons, if not separated for recycling or proper treatment, they will become "dead waste" going into landfills or being disposed of in the environment. While 100% of paper cartons (composed of about 75% pulp, 21% polymer and 4% aluminum) are recyclable, helping to reduce the amount of waste, avoid wasting resources and contributing to the sustainable use of paper materials.

The students exchanged milk cartons, old books, notebooks, and old clothes for gifts.

For old items that are no longer used such as old clothes, books, old notebooks: the project gathers donations to share with individuals and organizations in the community, items that are not eligible for donation and sharing will be handed over to the reuse unit, The recycling unit and the final treatment method is to turn the waste into co-processing fuel in the cement kiln. In addition to the redemption activity, the program has implemented the recovery of waste batteries treated with 0 VND. The activity takes place with the aim of raising awareness about the harmful effects of batteries, forming the habit of sorting waste batteries after use and handing them over to the treatment unit in accordance with regulations. It's time to change the habit of throwing used batteries in the household waste bin.

A Chau Environment with school administrators, teachers and students.

A CHAU ENVIRONMENT COMPANION

As a representative unit of the propaganda team and receive all types of waste after classification, we hope that through this practical activity, we will spread the awareness of environmental protection from the future citizens of the country. Forming the habit of sorting waste at source contributes to raising the awareness of environmental protection for children in daily activities, thereby spreading to their families and society.

With the orientation "Waste is a Resource" - A Chau Environment wishes to accompany deeply with schools, agencies, organizations, individuals, brands, corporations, factories ... and environmental projects from domestic and foreign organizations. Consulting, documenting, propagating and providing sustainable waste management solutions in order of priority: Reuse – recycling – co-processing – and sustainable waste management solutions oriented towards a circular economy