Progress report for
Do Away With Plastics in Schools #DAWPIS
Achievement at a glance
As a green business our goal is triple fold; to recycle water sachet bags and thus provide an alternative waste management solution to the plastic menace, to provide an affordable alternative to Efiewura bag (To curb plastic pollution and reduce the effects of climate change) and to provide employment and thus a source of living to many unemployed youths. As the world is emphasizing on reducing.We used Sachet Water Bags to produce Lunch Bags, BackPack and also educate students the importance of not throwing plastic but rather recycle plastic in a different product that can benefits the community. Therefore, education to students on the importance and opportunities available in plastic recycling. Using plastic Sachets bags collected from students and environment as treated and wash with alcohol then sew the plastics pieces into a sheet of fabric form, these sheets are then cut into patterns to be sew into a durable accessories like Backpack, lunch bags, pencil case etc. These products are ecofriendly Bags created or made from Sachets water Bag be sold.
Challenges faced in implementation
This project promotes the circular economy principles, employability skills and ecovillage modules in primary, secondary and tertiary institution. The project will form #DAWPIS volunteers Club. Environmental Awareness/ Advocacy will be organized for students and teacher in school that will ensure Eco Greening Schools.Project activities:
1. Creating awareness in schools on how to Do Away With Plastics in Schools
2. How the concept of circular economy principles works and forming of #DAWPIS_VOLUNTEERS.
3. Design circular economy prototype products by DAWPIS volunteers that will be implement in the school (converting sachet water bags in soccer net, handball net etc.
4. Collecting sachet water bags into recycling designs
5. Creating a markets space for products from the DAWPIS VOLUNTEERS.
Next Steps
Gilbert Aboagye BoyeBeneficiaries
The aim of this project is to enlighten students on the available job opportunities that can be found in plastic. The project is called Do Away with Plastic on campus #DAWP is a pilot project using the Home Economics Department, three classes at Ofoase Senior High Technical School with three volunteers. Plastics are not an Environmental, Incineration, landfill and ocean problem. They’re a people’s problem. Believe it or not, this is reason for hope. Because people are the problem, that means we are also the solution.
As a green business our goal is triple fold; to recycle water sachet bags and thus provide an alternative waste management solution to the plastic menace, to provide an affordable alternative to Efiewura bag (To curb plastic pollution and reduce the effects of climate change) and to provide employment and thus a source of living to many unemployed youths. As the world is emphasizing on reducing the effects of climate change, our project provides an alternative product to efiewura bag so as to reduce plastic pollution. Our Plan is for coming three years to withdraw over 50000 of plastic water sachets bags from the environment and use them to manufacture plastic products like backpack, lunch bags etc. Plastic recycling also saves 2.5 kg CO2/kg plastic hence we will be preventing 2,500,000 kg of CO2 emissions further mitigating climate change. Also students benefit from this project because DAWPIS help improve students skills, employability skills, build their capacity and last they learn how plastics can be use to mitigate plastic pollution.