3R initiative at LIRNEasia seeks to make our environment more livable by advocating the application of the 3 fold environmental concept --reduce reuse recycle-- in all aspects of life by all sectors of society, and closing the gaps in 3R related information.
| Balangoda school recyclable collecting programme |
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| Written by chammi | |
| Sunday, 25 April 2010 | |
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School 3R programme, yet another novel idea of Balangoda
Urban council to improve waste disposal practices of its' community completed 4
months recently. The programme has been in operation in five schools in the Balangoda
urban council area from December 2009. Since then it has
distributed Rs. 8,000 among schoolchildren for recyclable items removing
4.5
tons of nonbiodegradables from waste stream.
Specialty of this school programme is that it offers incentives in three ways, of which the students individually can select the suitable for them. The three ways of giving incentives are
To to assess the achivements and identify the failures of the programme alongs its move towards expected outcomes the Urban council organized a progress review meeting on 30th March, 2010. The CLG, Sabaragamuwa province, school Principals and and educational officials were present at this occasion. It has been observed that the schools guided by enthusiastic and commited Principals and Teachers have shown a roaring success triggering other schools in the area to get involved in the programme. There has been a considerable change in the behavior of children and some have found new ways of collecting recyclables. The programme has a long way ahead with six more schools in the area awaiting to join. Thus, the gathering discussed ways to overcome the drawbacks. New recognition scheems are to be introduced to the system in time to come in order to encourage the students and schools . |
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