Sep 07, 2011 01:01
Just to share a quick laugh:
The environmental awareness society in my school, NUS Save, implemented a major campus-wide event today which had the majority of the student population up in arms: they sealed up/hid 90% of the rubbish bins.
The aim of this, naturally, was to prevent people from throwing away their waste and thus forcing them to consider how much gets thrown away in one day. Of course, they didn't forsee the major problems with this grand plan.
The bins were hidden away at stairwells and other convenient places; some bins which could not be taken away were filled to the point of bursting, leaking their contents onto the ground. Some people didn't even bother, tossing their rubbish in any convenient corner. Members of Save acted as cleaners for the day, rushing around campus to clean up the mess.
Worse still, the real cleaners were kept busy all day (and all week, by the looks of the school).
The highlight of the event was a member of Save, responding to irate students' comments, unveiled future plans of a 'new integrated recycling and rubbish masterplan'.
real life