How to Go Green in University Campus and Recycle

In the world population today, there are about 6 billion people around the world. And at least 30% of them are STUDENTS regardless of which schools or countries. This is what you can do to save mother Earth.

10 Tips for GOING GREEN in CAMPUS:

1. Always finish your meal (so it is not wasted) and eat at the cafeteria
2. Use own reusable food and drink container
3. Save paper: Think before you print and make sure you print on both sides of the paper
4. Switch off electrical equipments when they are not in use
5. Walk, Cycle and use public transportation more often
6. Turn off the tap when you're not using it (eg: When you brush your teeth)
7. Don't use screen saver instead turn off or blank your monitor when it is not in use
8. Buy products which you will use for a long time
9. Use electronic facilities to store and read documents
10. Practice the 4Rs: REFUSE-REDUCE-REUSE-RECYCLE

SHOULD BE BANNED: POLYSTYRENE
Polysterene foam is made from ethlyene, benzene, styrene and a blowing agent. Benzene is known carcinogen while styrene is a "possible carcinogen" for humans.

Styrene from the containers can migrate to humans by dissolving into the food and drinks stored in our bodies with possible long-term consequences to reproductive systems for men and women, brain damage, dizziness, learning impairments and shortened lifespans. Workers and residents around factories may also be exposed directly to high levels of toxins.

Single use polystrene foam containers are environmentally destructive because it cannot be easily recycle and is not biodegradable, remaining in our environment for more than 500 years.

Long term use of polystrene foam increase the risk of getting cancer. "Styrene is a possible human carcinogen"-WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer.