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Can we achieve a Zero-Waste Campus? (Current Limitations (Lack of…
Can we achieve a Zero-Waste Campus?
Motivation
In Singapore 2015, 7.67 million tonnes of solid waste was produced
Moral condemnation and self loathe for excess waste
Unsustainable consumption
Reducing waste is a good and a good in itself
Inspired by the documentary Trashed
Current Limitations
Cost
Have to choose products with recyclable packaging which might cost more
Time Consuming
Habit
Fast-paced lifestyle causes people to opt for the convenience of throwing away their trash than recycling
It can take up to a couple of hundred days to pick up a new habit. Rewiring of neural connections and synapses is a long process
Lack of amenities
No food compost facilities
System in place does not encourage a sustainable lifestyle (eg: consumers not encouraged to use own bags when purchasing goods)
Not enough recycling points
Lack of water points for people to wash their recyclables before recycling them
Lack of awareness
Consumers do not fully understand the impact of their actions
Don't know the ways to reduce consumption or ways to recycle and reuse their items
Lack of motivation
Costs > Moral Benefits
Methodology
Reduce
Reducing food packaging
Farmer’s Market on Campus (no food packaging!)
Use recycling bags instead
Bring a reusable mug to get your drinks, own containers to dabao food
No straws on campus
No plastic bags
Use Rechargeable Batteries
Zero-waste Challenge
Students participate in 1 Week Zero-waste challenge
Document process through vlogs
Post on social media platforms to spread the challenge
Website+instagram
Vlogs and comments on "new discoveries" on the alternative ways to do things "the green way" can be shared
Incentive?
Provide Starter Pack?
Everyone start at the same time?
Workshops (upcycling+composting) before start of challenge
Explain project agenda to participants
Food composting
Food composting workshops
Collaborate with campus eateries to collect food waste
Central food composting bins
Case study: United World College of South East Asia's food compost system
Reuse
Upcycling
Conduct workshops/upload tutorials to teach consumers how to transform old products to usable ones
SAVE THE PEN!
Promote 'Save The Pen' initiative and encourage consumers to reuse pens
Clothes donation
Recycle
More prominent and convenient recycling bins on each floor
All kinds of recycling locations can be made known to public. Eg: Save the Pen containers, Green Wardrobe
E-waste sites?
Scope
NUS Students & Staff
University is a place where most people start living independently. Good opportunity to change the lifestyle of the students
More feasible to launch our project
Feasibility/ Challenges
6/10
need moolah
People cheating
Participants giving up halfway