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Task 2: Waste Not, Want Not.

ContentRationale & Aims

Causes

Effects

Initial Project

Final Project

Conclusion

Rationale & Aims

Rationale & AimsRationale• Significance of the

issue• Our Target Audience

• The Descent into Anarchy

• Actions• Mindset

sEducation

• Without External Regulation

Greener

• Benefit the SocietyReductio

n of Waste

Aims

Rationale & Aims

Causes

Causes

Individual Social

Causes

Lack of Appreciation

Materialism & Greed

Harmful Habits for the Sake of

Convenience

Individual Reasons

Causes

Lack of Appreciation• Phones are easily

replaceable• Few people take proper

care of their phones

Materialism• Mobile phones create

another platform for material comparison

• Satisfy materialistic wants

Harmful Habits• Harms of one’s actions

VS Convenience

– People are willing to disregard most harms simply for convenience sake

Social Reasons

Practicality Manufactured Demand

Causes

Practical Reasons• Each new model brings with

it new technology• For convenience and daily

activities

vs.

• Excessive advertising and publicizing

• Creation of new features• Find necessity in

unnecessary things

Manufactured demand

Manufactured demand

Effects

Effects

Long-term

Effects

Short-term

Effects

Short-termFilling up of landfill space

Preventing the re-usage of old mobile phone models

Wastage of re-usable components

Effects

• Filling up of landfill space– Increase in total waste generated–New disposal methods required

Short-term Effect

• Preventing the re-usage of old mobile phone models–Older models and accessories

no longer produced –People using these older

models face much greater inconvenience

Short-term Effect

• Wastage of re-usable components–Mobile phones have recyclable,

reusable parts

–Large amounts of valuable materials wasted

Short-term Effect

Long-termTechnological advancements

in the industry

Pollution, health and cost

Cultivation of a habit of wastage

Effects

• Technological advancements in the industry–Encourages competition

between phone manufacturers –Results in innovation–Contributes to technological

growth

Long-term Effect

• Pollution, health and cost– Increases overall waste levels

– Incineration of waste leads to air pollution

–Contributes to health problems

–Higher costs for disposal

Long-term Effect

• Cultivation of a habit of wastage–Those who do not understand

the implications would continue despite the harms–Accustomed to the mentality of

wastage–Future efforts met with stronger

public aversion

Long-term Effect

Initial Project

1.Spreading the Word2.Survey3.Mobile Phone

Collection Drive

Initial Project

1. Spreading the Word- Our Publicity Project

Initial Project

SPREADING THE WORD

SPREADING THE WORD

SPREADING THE WORD

2. Survey- Data Collection

Initial Project

SURVEY

Number of Phones Owned

≥ 2 Phones

1 Phone

SURVEY

Awareness of the Wastage

18%

82%

SURVEY

3. Mobile Phone Collection Drive- Recycling Made Easier

Initial Project

MOBILE PHONE COLLECTION DRIVE

Final Project

Final, Revised Project

1.Poster Design Competition

2.Brochures3.Exhibition

Final, Revised Project

1.Poster Design Competition- Enhancing Awareness through Creativity

POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION

• For students between the ages of 13 to 17

• To raise awareness of the ways to reduce the wastage

Publicity Poster

Top 3 entries

Final, Revised Project

2. Brochures- Spreading the Message to

Everyone

Brochures• Given out during the exhibition and also to members of public

• Raise awareness about mobile phone wastage

• Include ways to reduce wastage

Final, Revised Project

3. Exhibition- Bringing the Movement to You

EXHIBITION• Held at Anglo-Chinese Junior

College• Aim: Raise awareness about the

issue and ways to resolve the issue

Conclusion

Conclusion

What could have been done better?

- For the Best is Yet to Be

What could have been done better?

• Competition timing was not appropriate

• More brochures could have been produced

• Lack of funds for large scale exhibition

Conclusion

Suggested Solution

Benefits

• Protection• Recycling• Greener mindsets

Suggested Solutions

Conclusion

• Protection–Prolonging the life of

ones mobile phones

Suggested Solutions

Conclusion

• Recycling–To reduce waste and

encourage re-usage of materials.

Suggested Solutions

Conclusion

• Greener mindsets

Suggested Solutions

Conclusion

• Environmental• Social• Individual

Project Benefits

Conclusion

• Environmental–Reducing land fill sizes

and air pollution

Project Benefits

Conclusion

• Social–Greener mindsets to

other environmental issues

Project Benefits

Conclusion

• Individual– Individuals can save

money

Project Benefits

Conclusion

• Provides a platform for other environmental projects

• To strive towards a new day, a greener day.

What’s Next?

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of

today and reality of tomorrow.- Robert Goddard

The End

Q & A Session