Last Thursday, during our usual service time slot, we had the ambitious goal of clearing the cluttered and disorganized recycling room and taking the recycling materials down to the scrap dealer. Despite us missing a few of our service members, we were able to achieve the goal. We cleared the entire recycling room, which was full about a foot high with paper, cardboard, and non-recycling items. We took all of the paper we could down to the scrap dealer.

Huirong, Vansh, and I helped unload the truckload of recycling material to be weighed by the scrap dealer. It took about half an hour from when we started clearing the recycling room, to when we had unloaded all the material down at the scrap dealer.

We made about 2000 rupees from the scrap material alone. We added it to our service fund, which we plan on using for a future service project, such as an upgrade to the recycling room, or possibly an addition to the biogas plant.

The main learning outcomes achieved were:
“Demonstrate how to internal and plan a CAS experience” We created an action plan on how we were going to clear the recycling room, and we split it up into jobs to optimize the process and make sure that everyone was contributing a sufficient amount of effort.

“Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance” the act of cleaning out the recycling room, and sending our cardboard and paper to a scrap deal demonstrates that we were engaging with the global issue of pollution, and waste.