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Recycling class in Gangnam Recycling Center |
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My early report in last March was about waste sorting and recycling in Korea, in which I reported waste sorting in my residential area and my school. Yesterday, there was a recycling class provided by Gangnam Recycling Center where all the garbage was collected from my area and school. There, we get to visit the garbage sorting area, learn about the status of recycling in Korea, experience program to make an eco-friendly dehumidifier and painted poster for environmental protection . The junk art works displayed in the yard of the Center looks very impressive (see the pictures). All of the attendees including me were very surprised to see the big garbage dumps such as plastics, Styrofoam, papers, etc., all of which came from our everyday lives. According to the teacher, waste sorting and cleaning the recyclable garbage before disposal at the level of families and stores are so important to recycling because without such treatment and actions it takes much time and labors to re-sort the garbage. In particular, we should separately dispose the used batteries because it would create a quite big electric shock to earthworms even though the batteries are used ones. Earthworms may be killed from the weak voltages of AA battery with 1.5 Volt, which can be considered equivalent to about 200 volt applied to human beings. In addition, for Styrofoam boxes packaged by plastic wraps or decoration, we need to be extremely careful to separate such plastic from Styrofoam in order to make them recyclable. Such small actions in the family or at the restaurant or at the street can make a big change to make our environment much better. |
       
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great initation indeed!! need to be followed same kind of ideas everywhere :) thanks for sharing :)
Posted 18-08-2015 10:51
Wow! a very good initiation. this idea should be tried in Nepal too.
Posted 18-08-2015 01:33
Its reflects that every waste can be turned in beautiful things..... The pictures are just WOW and the idea seems quite innovative !!! Thanks for sharing friend !!
Posted 17-08-2015 18:52
Those things made out of junks are just awesome.Glad to know about Gangam recycling Centre and it's works. Thanks for sharing . :)
Posted 17-08-2015 10:06
great
Posted 16-08-2015 21:29
Woh...great ideas...nice pictures also...Thx for sharing the report
Posted 14-08-2015 04:55
Waste segregation is very important
.It should be started at household levels.All of us can play an important role in this. I am amazed to see the artworks created.Great work Gang name recycling Centre!
Posted 08-08-2015 15:41
Thanks for amazing and informative report Soram . I am suprised how the useless battery could still be danger to other living c return. This shows we need to be careful in every tiny action we do.
Posted 07-08-2015 11:13
Dear Soram, I remember you last article too. I am sure you had a great time visiting the recycling centre and learning the process involved in it.
I agree that waste segregation and cleaning at household level makes it easy to recycle. Thanks to Gangnam recycling centre for providing this opportunity to you and the team.
The pictures are lovely. Thank you for sharing dear Soram :)
Posted 07-08-2015 09:43
The artworks created out of junk or recycleable are really lovely. Agree with you , if waste is properly and mindfully segregated at source (homes/families/offices) , then it becomes relatively simpler and less time consuming for Waste processing centers.
Thanks for sharing your experience of recycling class in Gangnam Recycling Center.
Posted 07-08-2015 04:49
Wow, great photos Soram. Recycling is essential for a sustainable development. Thanks for the report!! Keep it up. =)
Posted 07-08-2015 04:08
Here in UAE also Bee'ah is very active in recycling. Nice to know about Gangnam Recycling Centre, Soram. Thanks for reporting.
Posted 07-08-2015 03:07
Well reported Soram. Using the recyclables at such a scale is really appreciating.
Posted 07-08-2015 02:20
i love the article and i ddn't even know that the used batteries had such effect on the organisms in the soil.This is the kind of information we should be spreading out there.
Posted 06-08-2015 16:53