RAWALPINDI: Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) in its efforts to enhance awareness among youth on environmental issues on Monday inaugurated colour coded dustbins at their pioneer Green School- Beaconhouse School System.
The event that took place here at Beaconhouse's Senior Gulrez Campus was aimed to engage school students and teachers in a structured awareness programme to foster a sense of individual responsibility and accountability in future generations towards nature conservation.
Dr Ejaz Ahmad, Deputy Director General- WWF - Pakistan was the Chief Guest of the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ejaz Ahmad highlighted the role and importance of mountains and Forests and said this Program aims to raise awareness, install individual responsibility and foster behavioural change toward proper disposal of solid waste as a symbol to facilitate sustainable living for a greener planet.
"Pakistan has a huge gap to be bridged in terms of chronic waste collection and disposal, Rawalpindi alone generates over 1,000 tons of waste daily", he said.
Garbage is usually burnt as common disposal practice or dumped in unsanitary landfills in our country, garbage eventually flies off and ends up in drains, blocking them, he stated.
Majority of disposed garbage ends up in water bodies including seas, rivers and lakes and it destroys marine life and pollutes water, he added.
This event serves as a platform for teachers, students and public as a whole to learn about the benefits of garbage segregation and an opportunity to integrate the segregation model into education institutes and more importantly into homes across Pakistan.
WWF - Pakistan's Green Students along with representatives from WWF-Pakistan and media participated in the segregation of garbage.
Green School Programme provided three colour coded garbage bins to the school to reinforce and facilitate garbage segregation.
Green Students along with Chief Guest and representatives from WWF - Pakistan and Beaconhouse participated in the segregation of garbage and other environment oriented activities.
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