The Grand Banyan Schools Re-cycling Project

Joining hands – The Grand Banyan Schools Re-cycling Project

St. Joseph’s High School

Wadala

6^th March 2013

Nature and natural environmental beauty are taking a beating from the careless and insensitive approach of people and their destructive habits.  To reverse this trend, many groups have sprouted with initiatives and projects.  One such project is India’s largest re-cycling project in schools that aims to save thousands of trees from being cut.  This has resulted in over two lakh notebooks been made from waste paper collected from schools across India.

A step-by-step process includes:

·         Collection of waste paper including newspapers, magazines, chart papers, office papers, answer sheets etc…  Children and their parents are encouraged to contribute as much waste as possible.

·         School initiates waste paper collection drives thrice in the academic year. The waste is handed over to the Project coordinators during this period.  A representative arranges for the collection of waste from the school as early as possible, and the waste is weighed before a responsible authority from the school.

·         All waste collected between Dec 2012 and Apr 2013 is to be converted into notebooks by 31^st March 2013

·         Every participating school will receive the high quality recycled notebooks made from the waste donated by the project organizers for free. This process will take place in June 2013

With this proposal at our doorstep, the leaders and class volunteers sprung into action visiting every class and galvanizing the students to contribute to this worthy cause.  The result: A massive collection of over 600 kg of waste paper (of which 250 kg was from the school offices, library and newspapers) was handed to the Project representative on 18^th February 2013. A great start indeed to a noble campaign!