KOHIJAU-ICYCLE Recycling Reward Point System helps IPD Selama won the Best Police Quarters in Malaysia

25 March 2018

Dr. Ng receives the Letter of Commendation from DSP Loo Lian Lay, Selama District Poilice Chief for KOHIJAU-ICYCLE Recycling Reward Point System that helps them emerged National Champion

KOHIJAU-ICYCLE recycling system which offers recycling points as incentives for the community in Perak has finally bore fruits. KOHIJAU or Koperasi Alam Hijau Perak Berhad, is a cooperative society set up to help promote sustainable environment has teamed up with ICycle Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Perak since September 2016 to offer a high technology and innovative way to participate in recycling where recycling points earned can be redeemed with cash, TESCO/AEON coupon or donate to charity organisations.

Besides providing recycling points, KOHIJAU also provides bins for every community with about 250 households to assist members to drop their recyclables anytime at their convenience. As we are an NGO, we rely on sponsorship for our bins which cost RM2,000 each. Todate we have installed 68 bins through Perak, which were sponsored by the Perak State government and corporate companies. Since the launch of our system, we have managed to register close to 7,000 members and collected about 60,000 kg of recyclables.

Thus our efforts have helped reduced 60,000 kg of garbage from going to the landfills or illegal dumpsite. We have also helped the local authority to reduce cost of about RM18,000 paid to contractors to transport garbage to landfills.

According to KOHIJAU Chairman, Dr. Richard Ng, “Our recycling campaigns have played a significant role in helping to Ipoh the cleanest city and Perak second cleanest state in Malaysia in 2017.” We have also helped Kpg Slim in Slim River emerged as the third best village using our recycling system.

Most recently, KOHIJAU-ICYCLE system has helped IPD Selama to emerge as the best Police Quarters 2017 in Malaysia in category B.

“Finally our efforts have been recognised where the Royal Police of Malaysia of Selama District awarded the letter of appreciation to KOHIJAU during the 211^th Police Day celebration.”

“The recognition helps to motivate us to strive harder to help Perak become the cleanest state in Malaysia and help reduce carbon footprint to create a sustainable environment for our future generation”.