CHEE2026 Waste Management – Hands-on Recycling [5%]

Name: Kavinesh Nair Manor Muhanin Group: The Cheong’s Date: 2nd March 2018

Notes:
1. The marks only count if you attend the session, and submit by the due date on that day itself (for Friday
sessions, the due date is the next day, 11:59 PM).
2. You can either (1) upload the file to the Moodle submission box; or (2) type the answers in the Moodle
text editor submission box.
3. Please fill it in yourself. You may discuss with the experienced volunteers.
4. Any plagiarism found will be granted 0 marks directly.
5. Only short and precise answers required.

Q1: What are the recycled materials, and their prices, that the recycling centre is selling? [0.5%]

No. Item Unit Price (RM)

1 Old newspaper 0.55
2 Black and white paper 0.62
3 Carton box 0.50
4 Mixed coloured paper 0.26
5 Mixed white paper 0.35
6 Scrap plastic 0.50
7 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 0.60
8 Clear plastic 1.00
9 Mixed colour plastic 0.20
10 PP tali 0.30
11 Aluminium block 4.00
12 Aluminium can 4.20
13 Metal (solid) 0.75
14 Metal (with holes) 0.65
15 Metal (container) 0.50
16 Battery - Big 1.50
17 Battery - Small 1.20
18 Steel 202 0.75
19 Compact disc 1.00
20 Computer 11.00
21 Television 5.00

Q2: Please describe the operating and management way of the recycling centre, in terms of economic (can it self-
sustain, or purely volunteer-based?), society/charity (where the money from recyclables goes to?), and
environmental aspects. You may start from where the solid waste of the recycling centre come from, how the
recyclables get sorted etc. [3.5%]

 Purely volunteer-based
 Solid waste is put by residents nearby into the recycle centre’s respective recycle container
 Volunteers would then separate the solid waste into their respective categories
 Separated solid waste will then be sold to recycle trading companies
 Profits obtained are used to help the less fortunate
o Help poor students to obtain education
o Donation to the disabled people
Q3: If you are the person-in-charge of the centre, how do you encourage more residents to play their parts? [1%]
 Go to houses to spread awareness on recycling
 Have separate bins for housing areas to separate solid waste - ease the recycling separation process
 Educate students in school on the importance of recycling and put extra emphasis on separating the solid
waste into their respective categories
 Constantly update residents on the recycle centre’s progress
o Let residents know how their recycled waste helped the unfortunate
o Motivate them to recycle more