Ipoh City Watch and Koperasi Alam Hijau Perak Berhad (KOHIJAU) were invited on May 20, 2017 by Sekolah Menengah Raja Perempuan Ipoh (SMRPI) to give a talk on "Reducing Carbon Footprint" held at Taman Lapangan Melodi Ipoh.
It was part of SMRPI's programme held in conjunction with Toyota ECO Youth Environmental Challenge. SMRPI will be representing Perak in this competetion.
The talk was conducted by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Richard Ng, President of Ipoh City Watch as well as chairman of KOHIJAU. During the 45 minutes talk, he shared the meaning of Carbon Footprint and its impact on global warming. He also provide tips on how to we could help reduce Carbon Footprint which include embracing the culture of recycling.
ICW and KOHIJAU together with ICYCLE took the opportunity to get the students and community to become member of KOHIJAU-ICYCLE Recycling Reward Point system to help reduce garbage from going to landfills and increase carbon footprint.
Later, the 33rd KOHIJAU-ICYCLE Bin was launched by Senator YB Dato' Hamzah represented by his assistant Tuan Zulkifli. The bin is to help residents here to drop their recyclables at their convenience without much hassle.
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