WWF-Philippines Kicks Off Second Phase of Project P.A.P.E.R with Bataan 2020
October 2019
Bataan 2020 General Manager Clement Huang (Blue, center) stands with staff from WWF-Philippines and teachers from Miriam College Lower School. Photograph © WWF-Philippines
Good waste management practices could paper the way to a sustainable future.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines (in partnership with Bataan 2020, Inc.) launched the second phase of the Proper Assessment of Paper for Efficient Recycling Project, or Project P.A.P.E.R., with an environmental education session conducted with students of Miriam College Lower School on the 5th of September, 2019.
WWF-Philippines Environmental Education Manager Dino Calderon teaches students about the importance of recycling and good waste management Photograph © WWF-Philippines
Project P.A.P.E.R. introduces elementary school students to issues related to climate change, while promoting subsequent sustainability solutions based around proper waste management practices. First launched in 2016, Project P.A.P.E.R. targets elementary school students in order to promote sustainable practices in the youth.
“It’s important that we build good practices in the youth. They’re still young and impressionable, so reaching out to them now goes a long way in ensuring a better tomorrow, for their own sakes,” said Maye Padilla, WWF-Philippines Environmental Education Officer. The first phase of Project PAPER was able to work with 720 students in total. The second phase will reach out to even more schools and students.
The session began with introductions from Miriam College Lower School Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs Mark Kenneth Camiling and Bataan 2020 General Manager Clement Huang. With a partner from the recycling industry, students receive firsthand knowledge of the importance and proper ways of good paper waste management. Huang played a video showcasing Bataan 2020’s paper recycling process before handing it to WWF-Philippines for the remainder of the session. Students were taught how to properly segregate through a paper trash relay game, while the Environmental Education team introduced them to different waste management principles.
WWF-Philippines Corporate Partnerships Officer Renee Ipac leads students through an origami making session. WWF-Philippines believes that learning about the environment can be good fun for all. Photograph © WWF-Philippines
“What we want to do is to introduce the youth to a lifestyle that holds the planet as a top priority,” added Padilla. Miriam College is the first of a number of schools to be reached out to by the second phase of Project P.A.P.E.R.. WWF-Philippines will continue to work with more schools and to educate more youths on proper paper waste management practices as it builds a world where people live in harmony with nature.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Dan Ramirez
Communications and Media Manager
dramirez@wwf.org.ph
