This is a short report made on our Re-Cycle Project. We hope that as many of you as possible, that live locally in and around Chiang Mai City: especially Hang Dong , Sarapee side; may wish to take advantage of the service offered , knowing that in return you are helping our work continue.
We also welcome voluntary support in organising collection points and increasing participants.
The Stratton ABC Foundation Re-Cycle Project
Introduction:
As a small Foundation Fund Raising can be difficult and it is important that we look at all possible means of securing regular income of funds to continue the Foundations work.
With Foundation philosophy keen to work within an environmentally friendly framework we already re-cycle as much of our own waste as possible.
This includes plastic, paper, glass, metal and the use of vegetable waste in composting for our vegetable garden.
With economics being difficult for everyone at present we wanted to find a way for people to support the Foundations ongoing operations without necessarily needing to part with money.
Our intention is to offer a re-cyclables collection service enabling people to “donate” their rubbish. These re-cylables would then be taken to our local recycle outlet and be exchanged for cash to be put towards Foundation funds.
Set-Up
The initial set-up costs for this project should be minimal and mostly consist of transport and “expenses” for meeting with interested parties to set up the collections.
All costs will be recorded to ensure proper evaluation of this scheme.
Action Taken So Far
This idea was first posted on the Foundation website and on Facebook some months ago but we received no response.
Recently however, our idea was featured in the local magazine, City Life, since which we have had inquiries from people very interested in helping out.
A prominent International School has expressed a wish to be involved with one of the teachers wanting to establish a recycling project with the children and would likely mean a weekly collection.
20th September I have a meeting with Faye Mitchel, Editor of Living Journals Hawaii, to discuss establishing re-cycle bins at her apartment block where residents could donate their rubbish and would also likely involve a weekly collection.
21st September we expect a first delivery of re-cyclables by an Englishman resident in Sam Kampeang, this is likely to be a monthly event.
Organisational Needs
To ensure that this project meets its expectations it is important that we establish “collection runs” which mean that we are collecting full loads on the pick-up truck making fuel costs minimal.
Stickers with both English and Thai language need to be produced to ensure people understand the donation system and needs and discourage “donation” of dangerous or toxic materials.
Where possible volunteers should be used to organize collection points and increase participant numbers.
Aims
Considering the initial lack of response to the project we should not get over ambitious at this point.
Our initial aim is that income from this project may reach a point where it covers our weekly Food Budget.(4 to 5000 baht)
However, realizing the increasing awareness of the need for such action as re-cycling and the relatively minimal organized schemes in Chiang Mai we believe that , with the support of friends and volunteers , it may well be possible to increase participation to the point where we may get close to covering The Foundations basic running costs.(40 to 50,000 baht per month)
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