By CHEN SUE YEE | Programme Manager
Recently Tioman Development Authority and Alam Flora organised a one-off recycling buy-back programme called Trash to Cash on Tioman Island. The recycling buy-back programme was well received by Tioman communities. Many peoples on the island brought their recyclable items to the recycling buy-back centre, sold them and gained cash in return. Although there is an on-going recycling programme on Tioman Island which is run by Reef Check Malaysia, it is limited to glass, plastic bottles, aluminium cans and e-wastes due to limited resources and the distance of the island from mainland. The recent recycling buy-back programme included other recyclable items such as used cooking oils, papers, cardboards, irons, alloys, steels, leads and coppers. Reef Check Malaysia is going to approach Tioman Development Authority and Alam Flora and find way to turn this one-off recycling buy-back programme into a regular programme on the island.
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