School Garbage Bank helps reduce rubbish

SUPHANBURI: -- A school in Suphanburi has set up a “Garbage Bank” to recycle and reduce garbage from the school. It won an environmental award from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment last year. We have more details in this report from Thai News Agency.

Thammachote Suksalai school in Suphanburi, which has about 2,000 students, produces a large amount of garbage. To tackle the problem the school set up a garbage bank two years ago to encourage students to recycle garbage, by trading it at the garbage bank for cash.

Everyday, students collect plastic bottles, plastic bags, paper glasses, paper boxes and newspapers to trade at the garbage bank. Their schoolmates garbage bank buy the garbage and sell it to garbage collectors. Some of the garbage is used to make utensils for sale at a market. The school has earned almost 100,000 baht so far, money which was used to arrange activities at the school and to fund scholarships for poor students.

Parichat Chansupa, student, said “We select garbage for recycling. Students work together to fight global warming and reduce pollution. Our school also urges students to use both sides of paper. ”

The garbage bank also buys computers and electrical appliances which are no longer functional. Students learning mechanics practice their skills by fixing this equipment, which later is given away to other students.

Besides the garbage bank project, Thammachote Suksalai school also encourages students to use cloth bags, which are environmentally friendly. Students carrying the cloth bags are commonly seen at the school, which not only teaches students academic knowledge but also instills in them the idea of saving the environment ab helping combat global warning.

-- TNA 2008-07-17

Its great to see children learning not to just throw it out the window.

I wish they would teach australian kids the same(to recycle) but to be just they throw it in the bin but what they throw away could feed a thai family for a week.

My wifes first trip to au she looked at all the rubbish left on the footpath and wanted me to stop and take it all home.

she just could not believe it she thought had died and gone to heaven

This is excellent.

I am so glad you shared this post with us. A fine example to all students in the Kingdom.

This is excellent.

I am so glad you shared this post with us. A fine example to all students in the Kingdom.

unfortunately, its rather the exception than the rule....