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Thursday 26 april 2018

Launch Project Recycling at University of Aruba

ORANJESTAD - Making Aru- The project enhances bins the campus.” The plan is to
ba a Greener Environment made of recycled plastic. engage students in this re-
Club (MAGEC) launched Catherina: “We wanted cycling project and make
their Recycling Project yes- to implement plastic recy- them more environmental
terday at the University of cling bins made from recy- aware.
Aruba. The project is an ini- cled plastic. After creating
tiative in conjunction with several samples we came Earth & Environment
Plastic Beach Party. MAGEC to this final design. These Catherine is a student of
Aruba is a non-profit orga- bins consist of eight plates, the Academic Foundation
nization that strives towards each plate consists of PET Year, a one-year certifi- a year and figure out my vative ideas.
a greener Aruba. This group 1, like plastic bottles, the cate program that equips strength and capacities Here everyone’s ideas
is open to all who wish border around and the top motivated students with and then move on to my are valuable. We exist five
to help create a greener are plastic type 2, like bot- the skills, tools and capabili- further studies. But little that months now, but have al-
environment. Catherine tle caps. Each plate has an ties to seek successful entry I know I had in store for my- ready achieved a lot”,
Carraha, President and estimated 40 bottles recy- into higher education pro- self. It was at one of the lec- Catherine says proud. The
Founder of MAGEC enthu- cled, meaning 320 bottles grams. “Initially I was very tures that I got introduced club organized a Beach
siastically presented the in each bin. They are made confused about what to to Earth & Environment and Clean-up with more than
club’s achievement. in 48 hours. We will have do with my future. I thought I realized how concerned I 25 participants, they col-
five bins available here at to attend this program for was for our environment. I lected 200 kg of waste.
got frustrated and hopeless They worked together with
though of what one single Plastic Beach Party during
person could only do.” Her carnival where plastic was
professor encouraged her collected at over 70 lots.
with the words: Find like- The biggest volunteer proj-
minded people with the ect in the Dutch Kingdom,
same concern and host Aruba Doet, collaborated
your own beach clean-up. with MAGEC to create an
That is how it all started. eatable garden at the uni-
versity. Furthermore they
MAGEC-al volunteered in Ahata’s
They walk around in the camping project where
same T-shirts during the they learned that Arubans
launch, the club members. are more than willing to
“But we are far more than make an effort in being en-
just a club. We are fam- vironmental friendly. “We
ily. A student organization also are proud we have
with equal concern for en- one of us in the official Aha-
vironment and an amaz- ta environmental board.”
ing drive for any necessary
task in front of us. We want For more information
Aruba to be greener and please visit MAGEC Aruba
implement new and inno- at Facebook. q