Monday 14 August 2006

WHERE ARE THE BINS?

Today Monsieur A and I went into our car with two bags of unwanted items. One bag contains empty milk cans, sardine cans, etc (basically METAL) and another bag has ketchup bottles, soy sauce bottles, Horlicks bottles, etc (this bag is basically GLASS). We were trying to find the bins (remember the advertisement - orange bin, blue bin, and brown bin) for throwing our metal and glass items.

Well, we thought that we can fine the bins somewhere near to our house but too bad...we had to travel quite a distance ie. to Bangunan PKNS Bangi. Anyway, what was important to us is that we dispose the two bags of items at the proper place so that they may be recycled.

But
Monsieur A was telling me his frustrations after he dispose the two bags. It seems the public put all sorts of rubbish in the bins - when it was clearly labelled as KACA or KERTAS or LOGAM. Can't people read? They can, but they have attitude problem. They just do not behave in a way that is acceptable to other people.

In western countries, you would only find bottles inside the bins labelled GLASS, people there even take the trouble of putting the small, circular caps of the bottles into the bins labelled METAL. In Malaysia, the government had to spend so much to educate people on the need to recycle. Learning about recycling is one thing, doing it is another.

OK bloggers, let us recycle. Recycling is very important. The amount of waste we produce daily is enormous. The more we recycle, the more we can reduce waste generated and our local council can reduce on waste management expenditure.

9 comments:

dith said...

I must laud you in this effort of yours!

Madame A said...

dith,
At the office, my boss would advice us to print on the clean page of a used piece paper for draft work - ie., we try to make use of both sides of a piece of paper.

Queen Of The House said...

My son told me at his school there are bins for recycling, but the kids throw in everything in each bin. One day, there was a snake in one of the bins - that was the end of using the recycling bins for some of the kids!

Madame A said...

QOTH,
This is the problem with some of our rules and regulations. We have lots of regulations but minimum implementation. More often than not, our cycle is as follows: Massive Campaigns --> Short span of time some people follow --> Majority don't --> No moderation by authority --> BACK TO SQUARE ONE!!!

pycnogenol said...

I would do my recycling at SMAP Kajang every Sunday when I go visit my two children studying there. ;)

Leilanie said...

Got here from my hubby's blog (Fariz).
I must say..... the "ingin recycle attitute" takes a while to instill.

In western countries, recyling is like 2nd nature to them ....
In Malaysia..... we have a long way to go (in a lot of things). But the good news is..... we're doing something about it. And people like you and your hubby will certainly make Malaysia a step closer to the goal.

Happy Merdeka Day.

Madame A said...

pycno,
SMAP kajang - recycling centre? Hmm, that gives me another venue to recycle. BTW, I was a teacher there, once upon a time.

pycnogenol said...

Yes, the recycling bins are at the end of the road, next to the boys block.
I have two children studying there, a daughter in Form 4 and a son in Form 1.

Any of your children studying there? Budak-budak situ nakal ke?
(taking opportunity to get some 'inside story' from an ex-teacher there..;))

Madame A said...

pycno,
The last time I taught in SMAP Kajang was in 1999. It won't be justified to say whether budak situ nakal or otherwise. To me, budak is budak regardless of the type of school they go to. I am sure your kids will be fine there. Still have many teacher friends there...if you need more inside stories!