A Journey to Find Beautiful Garbage

Have we calculated how much rubbish we dispose of in a day? Year? So, can we imagine the speed of population; will also increase the garbage pile up. And maybe our city can be filled by the rubbish that we discard. Garbage problem not only affects the environmental issues alone, but also has led to social crisis and humanitarian disaster. Various cases have been experienced by Indonesia such as; floods caused by the flow of rivers clogged with trash and garbage also can lead to water pollution. Apparently not a problem of garbage Quran? So how do we respond to his garbage problem is?

In Green Student Journalists activities, Sunday (7 / 6) before the House Riau Pos, participants from junior Student Journalists (SJ) and Senior Girl Boy Future (CCMD) to visit a recycling craft plastic waste in the Upper Kulim. This is the last activity of the event with the theme "Save the Earth. Your Planet Needs You ", after watching a film about climate change and listening to guidance from Fadrizal Labay, Nazaruddin and Yuyu Arlan Adiwiyata about school programs and Giam Siak Biosphere Reserves small - Bukit Batu.

In this visit, the delegation led by Andi Noviriyanti arrived at the house addressed Ujung Jalan Gajah, Kulim. In front of the house displayed a sign that read "handicrafts Plastic Waste Collection’ puppeteer. Host, even Soffia Seffen welcomed the group warmly. Under the hot sun with the spirit Soffia Seffen addressed the question to his students.

Praise’ recycling efforts of plastic waste has been running for 2 years more,’ he said.

It is a very youthful for his efforts. Things that hurt him too much, such as hard plastic garbage can looking for, workers, and less behavior of plastic waste recycling in the community.

''But with these efforts, contamination of land by a hard plastic recycler described will decrease, and can improve living conditions for scavengers,’ please Sofia in front of the entire Green Student journalists.

Soffia Seffen and the workers to change from a dirty plastic waste from the landfill into an estuary Dawn useful and durable. For example a bag, apron, folders, and more work from his puppeteer Collection. And there also we see only the rubbish was not pretty as we thought earlier about garbage.

Pekanbaru government may in particular, has been working hard to address the problem of trash on the ground this wither. By providing a few hectares of land as a disposal place End (TPA) which is usually garbage from residential-housing or to be removed from the office here. But this can not solve the waste problem. TPA generally can accommodate only the waste in the state for a period of several years. Usually, piles of garbage can invite flies, mice, growth of organisms harmful, polluting the air, soil and water. We can not sack rubbish to the landfill problem.

Lots of creative ways and innovative that we can do as is done by the Soffia Seffen. Like Replace (changing environment friendly goods), Reduce (reduce waste), Reuse (use the rest of the trash can in use), Recycle (recycling). This trip was in the end with lunch at the main hall building Riau Pos. And maybe after this event is expected birth Soffia Seffen others. (Maya-GSJ/MAYA DAHLENA, Pekanbaru MODEL MAN 2).

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