| Achong Tanjong |
A TOTAL of 3,060 tonnes of recyclables consisting of paper, plastic bottles, aluminium and metal was collected during the 8th Green Xchange Project (GX8) yesterday.
The project – organised by the Society for Community Outreach and Training (SCOT) – was held at the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque in Kampong Bolkiah ‘A’.
SCOT is an organisation with a mission of helping the underprivileged by providing them with assistance in the form of resources, basic skills and support to help them move out of the vicious cycle of poverty.
Under the project, the villagers are encouraged to collect recyclable materials and exchange them for basic commodities such as rice.
The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, observing the weighing of the recyclables
A pile of recyclables collected yesterday
Bags of rice to be exchanged for recyclables. – PHOTOS: ACHONG TANJONG
For every $1 of recyclables, the participating villagers received 1.5kg of rice, and a total of 465kg of rice were exchanged yesterday.
The closing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof.
According to SCOT, the objective of the project is to inculcate the culture of recycling among Bruneians, as well as educating low-income earners on entrepreneurship opportunities through effective waste management.
Since its inception in 2011, SCOT through the Green Xchange Project has managed to collect and recycle around 39 tonnes of waste.
Leading telecommunications provider, DST, was onboard for the project, contributing a large amount of rice to exchange with the recyclable materials.
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