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REGENT RECYCLE CLUB
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he Regent Secondary handed over some recycle materials to Chanja Datti on Saturday 16 of May, 2020. These
items – used paper and plastics have been collected over a period of 3 months (January – March 2020) since the term re-
sumed in January.

Mrs A had thought it wise to set up a recycle committee with volunteers from all three schools – The Regent Primary,
Regent Secondary and Regent college. She further supported this cause by providing Recycle bins for both paper and
plastic to be kept at strategic locations in all three schools.

This initiative aimed at promoting a sense of responsibility for the environment amongst students and staff of The Regent
community. This aim is to be achieved via the following objectives.

 Set up a committee that will promote awareness through articles, pictures, presentations and such
 Have Recycling as an After School Activity
 Encourage students to properly dispose of their waste, especially paper and plastic y making use of the recycle bins
 Partner with a recycling firm that collects the materials
 Encourage students to get creative with recycled materials.

The committee partnered with Chanja Datti- a recycling firm on a “Bottle for Book” initiative where for every 500Kg
of recycled materials collected, would send a child back to school.

We do encourage parents to get their children involved in recycling even during this pandemic in some of the follow-
ing ways.
1. Getting creative with recycled materials such as making dresses out of old newspapers, magazines and
nylons, wastebaskets with bottles caps, bird feeder from empty cans etc.
2. Help to sort waste into paper, plastic and others.
3. Research and artwork to create more awareness.

On a final note, the aim of recycling is not to just use up resources and attempt to manage the waste but to REDUCE, RE-
USE and then RECYCLE.

Stay safe.

Grace Fasasi
(Maths Teacher reporting for the Regent Recycle Club)

Respect Responsibility Resourcefulness

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