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Student Leadership is a priority here at HIS. Each week, we will spotlight a student leader and give them an opportunity to tell you what they are doing in their clubs, sports, and activities.
A lot of people laughed, some thought that I was embarrassed for being a trash on stage in front of the whole upper school for the assembly. But I wasn’t, not even a bit. Because it was a contribution for the environment. To send and express the message of GIN and teaching us how and why we should protect the community.
Garbage is a thing we are familiar with because every day we make all kinds of garbage. The milk carton left after drinking milk, the leftovers after eating dinner, the cans after eating the canned food, a wrapper here and there after break... We all throw this garbage into the trash can, and then the garbage truck will pick them up. Little do we know that the garbage we throw away will bring much work to the environmental sanitation workers. They must sort and then dispose of the garbage we throw away, and the garbage we throw away will also bring great harm to the environment. It takes 2 million years for a glass bottle to decompose naturally, 2 million years, what a thought!
But many people still think “Why should I recycle or organize trash? It’s trash. I don’t see how it damages the environment.” But garbage sorting helps to improve the efficiency of garbage sorting and disposal. Before, almost all garbage was mixed in the dump. These wastes include some recyclable and non-recyclable wastes, which need to be separated, and that requires a lot of time. Later, there was a classification of recyclable and non-recyclable waste, but it was only a procedure because few people dumped their waste according to the classification. There has been a craze across the country for sorting rubbish into recyclable, non-recyclable, dry and wet waste. And the time of dumping garbage is regulated, and there is special crew supervision, so that the residents can classify the types of garbage and then dump them respectively, which greatly improves the efficiency of garbage disposal.
The garbage disposal capacity of major cities has been saturated, and garbage classification is essential. In Shanghai, for example, its residents produce enough garbage to cover a building of more than 400 stories every day, so it is difficult to get rid of. And the garbage is not classified. Garbage disposal capacity cannot meet the speed of dumping. Therefore, to improve the productivity of the work and make the best use of the waste disposal capacity, Shanghai has had to introduce measures such as mandatory waste sorting and fines for individuals and enterprises that do not dump their waste in accordance with the regulations. There are many other cities with the same problem as Shanghai, and they will be increasing.
But the GIN club is trying the best we can to classify garbage and protect the environment. It might not be a big influence, but we are making a difference. Starting right here, in HIS.
Support GIN!
Citations:
https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1930992626805157867.html
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1636476188702616100&wfr=spider&for=pc
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