We just found a good and convenient place to drop off our recyclables; in fact, we just sent a bunch of boxes and paper to the recycling drop-off point this afternoon.
The place? Within the USM campus!
The recycling project is run by USM’s Corporate and Sustainable Development Division which I think is a great direction for USM since it is a very green campus.
According to Hamoon who is with this division, the recycling tent is set up on the last Thursday of the month from 8am to 2pm to collect old newspapers, glass bottles, plastic containers and aluminium cans. At 2pm, a lorry will arrive to collect these recyclables.
The tent is visible from the road; it is near the students’ hostel, Desasiswa Harapan near the Harapan lake. You can’t miss it.
We went to drop off some cardboard boxes and old newspapers at this tent just this afternoon.
If there’s one thing to be said of Redbox Studio, we aim to be as eco-friendly as possible and this includes recycling whatever that can be recycled. Everyone of us in the office is encouraged to use both sides of any paper. We collect used paper, envelopes, note paper etc. for recycling. That’s why the cleaner ladies who come to clear our trash will never find paper in our trash bins.
That’s why we support a number of eco-initiatives particularly if they benefit the environment and community. In this sense, we have been sponsoring Malaysia’s number one green crusaders, Don and Mylene by giving them a website to allow them to further spread the recycling message.
We believe that we can make a difference. That’s why we try as much as possible to walk our talk. For instance, if you see us shopping in Tesco, we bring our own shopping bag. We refuse extra plastic bags if we can. We buy Milo in tins too; most people will buy Milo refill soft packs because they’re cheaper. But we buy Milo in tins because we can recycle the tins later. This was taught to us by Mylene.
Yes, it’s crazy but it makes sense.
Being a good citizen of this world we live in does not mean we have to hug a tree or join a mass clean up once a year. It means taking a long hard look at how we live our lives and what sort of consumers we are.
Is our consumerist lifestyle supporting or destroying the environment we live in? Like Discovery channel says, we all live on this ‘island’ and we cannot move elsewhere.
Let’s keep this world sustainable!
And remember, if you live around this area, bring your recyclables every last Thursday of the month and support this wonderful initiative!
To your recycling success,
Nic