Recyclables 3rd Collection Report from our Community Recycling Project in Taman Jelapang as at 3rd May 2015

4 May 2015

On 3rd May 2015, Ipoh City Watch (ICW) together with Rukun Tetangga (RT) Jelapang held its 3rd collection day for recyclables from residents involved in the project. A banner was erected at the collection centre. Few days earlier, the committee members of RT Jelapang headed by Mr. Thinakaran have distributed leaflets to remind residents about the collection day and collection centre.

The President of ICW, Dr. Richard Ng and Mdm Tina Leong visited the collection centre to monitor the progress of the project. The collection centre located at Lorong 6, Taman Jelapang Baru, was mend by Mdm Linda.

The company appointed to collect the recyclables were also present. Generally it was very encouraging to see the support shown by the residents. We can see lesser garbage dumped illegally due to the message we inserted in the leaflets distributed to the over 200 houses.

The following are the reports after the 3rd collection:

Table 1: Total amount of Recyclables Collected

Table 1 above shows the amount of Plastic, Metal and Paper collected since April 4 2015. A total of 98.5kg of plastic value at RM59.70, 502.5kg of metal value at RM233.60 and 355kg of paper value at RM87.90 were collected to date. This means that a total of 956 kg of garbage have been saved from the 12 illegal dumping ground in Taman Jelapang which has been identified. It also means that the residents have earned a total of RM381.20 from this project which can help supplement their household income.

Table 2: Trend of recyclables collected

Table 2 above shows the trend of recyclables collected over the three collection periods.

Table 3: Amount collected in Kg

Table 4: Amount collected in RM

Table 3 and 4 shows the amount collected to date in Kg and RM. There is an upward trend in the collection of recyclables in RM but downward trend in Kg. More needs to be done to educate the residents. This will be done through a campaign ICW will undertake together with RT Jelapang and SWCorp Perak on May 17.

To date a total of 956kg recyclables have been collected over a period of 5 weeks. This is equivalent to 956/6,250 or 15.3% compared to the national rate at 11%.

Congrats to the residents of Taman Jelapang and also RT Jelapang.