I am carrying on a Green Initiative named Serve The Earth. It is for serving our mother Earth for 3 R s Reduce, Reuse & Recycle. Here I Motivate, Encourage & organize various eco-events. One of such initiatives is Recycle-Thon. Under the Patronage of Beeah, Sharjah & support of Tunza Eco-Generation various competitions are organized. They are for collection & deposit of maximum amount of recyclables. On an agreed date all participants bring the various recyclables like Plastic Bottles, Aluminium Cans, Paper etc. that they have collected over a period of time. The maximum contributor is given Trophy & certificates & Goody Bags from Beeah & promotion goods of Tunza Eco-Generation are distributed to all the participants.

Upon successful completion of our earlier two Recycle-Thons children were enthusiastically awaiting another event, where they may submit the recyclables collected with them. Considering the ensuing Diwali Festival & space constraints some children expressed their desire to submit the recyclables collected with them. They were my building mates & from neighborhood. I understood their concern & with the consent of Beeah organized a mini Recycle-Thon on 06-Nov-15.

Along with this I also planned to tell them about Tunza Eco-Generation so that awareness may be spread & they can interact & observe the efforts of their peers all over the world. I had the promotion goods & a video ready to be shown to them. In this interactive video I explained about this amazing platform & encourage others to join Tunza Eco-Generation. The link of the video is given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WosQQYAeBJI

One-by one the participants arrived. They brought a big amount of Paper, Plastic Bottles & Cans. One Girl Nooper was so dedicated that she collected the obsolete pamphlets of the institute she was attending. It was about to be thrown when she collected all the bunch & carefully preserved it to be handed over in this event. 

I was overwhelmed by their dedication & promised them that each month we will hold this event & award medals to the winners of maximum contribution. As they submitted the stuff & gave them promotion goods of Tunza Eco-Generation, explained them & promoted Tunza Eco-Generation with them, presented a Goody bag sponsored by Beeah & then showed my video.

The overwhelming response may be judged by the amount contributed by them:

1. Resham & Nooper: 160 KG of News Paper, 10.50 KG of Plastic Bottles & .50 KG of Cans

2. Kunal: 8 KG Plastic Bottles, 4 KG Cans

3. Komal: 8.50 KG Plastic Bottles, 3.50 KG of Cans

4. Anish & Amit: 8 KG Plastic Bottles, 2 KG of Cans

5. Amar: 1 KG Plastic Bottles, 6 KG of Cans

6. My Weekly Contribution 350 Plastic Bottles

Friends you are aware that one Can weighs 15 Gram & Plastic Bottle 11 Gram. This implies our total collection from neighbourhood was:

Plastic Bottles 2,350

Cans: 800 No.s

Newspaper 160 KG

Other recyclable Plastic 10KG

A simple event attended by a few participants can bring so much recyclable than imagine how huge is the potential of recycling in this world? You may all organize such events in your neighbourhood & submit the collected recyclables with the local recycling centre. This will be your best contribution for reducing the carbon foot print & making the Mother Earth Smile.

Thanks for reading.