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Members of the public are urged to bring their own bottles or reusable cups for free refills during the 37th National Day celebration. Under Green Brunei’s Bandarku Bersih (My Clean City) and Bandarku Bebas Botol Plastik (My City is Free of Plastic Bottles), five water dispensers will be placed at key locations along the parade route leading to Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien. The campaign is a follow-up to last year’s initiative, where the public consumed more than 200 gallons of water from 32 dispensers in eight locations around the capital. Statistics also indicate that 500 reusable bottles were filled at the provided water refill stations; 1,625 plastic bottles and 41 bags of litter – not counting the refuse collected by the Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) Municipal Department – were gathered; and 100…

Green Depot will conduct its seventh recycling drive at the Kuala Belait (KB) Sentral Shopping Centre on February 14 from 1pm to 4pm. The event is aimed to encouraging the public to practice recycling. Green Depot encourages the public to drop by with recyclable items - paper, cardboard, metal, aluminium, plastic and electronic waste (computer waste) - to reduce waste generated and disposed into landfills. Users can also register an account at Register (green-brunei.com) and track their recycling records, which has the added benefits of generating monetary rewards for their recycling efforts. Green Depot is a project initiated in December 2018 under Green Brunei ad supported by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) to contribute to the nation's goal of moving towards zero waste. Since its establishment, it has…

Over 60 volunteers from the Brunei Youth Council (MBB), Society for Community Outreach and Training (SCOT), Green Brunei and Green Depot, who joined hands in a beach clean-up at SilverJubilee Park, Kuala Belait, collected over 141 kilogrammes of waste including bottle caps, soda tins, food wrapping and packaging, and cigarette butts. The waste was collected by the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation (JASTRE) of the Ministry of Development. The activity aimed at enhancing awareness about beach cleanliness while encouraging the public to be more involved in volunteering activities. The beach clean-up campaign was also part of the one-week training carried out by the MBB and Green Brunei for Universiti Brunei Darussalam Year 3 students. Legislative Council member Yang Berhormat Khairunnisa binti Haji Ash’ari joined the clean-up. The programme also…

Over 40 volunteers comprising Green Depot members and the public participated in a beach cleaning campaign in Belait on Sunday collected 189kgs of trash and disposed it with JASTRe’s aid. It was organised by Green Brunei, supported by the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation (JASTRe). Village Head of Kampong Pandan A Sulaiman bin Haji Udin attended. The campaign aimed to raise awareness, especially among the community in the district, on the importance of maintaining the cleanliness of the environment and the impact of littering to the ecosystem. Green Brunei hopes that the event instilled a sense of compassion and empathy among the community towards the environment as well as inspire visitors to keep beaches clean. Green Depot, a project by Green Brunei based in Kuala Belait, provides a platform…

Green Depot, with support from Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP), collected some 193.4 kilogrammes of recyclable materials during a drive at STKRJ Lorong Tiga Selatan Seria Mosque last Sunday to raise awareness of waste pollution in the country. It was the fifth recycling drive by the recycling centre since its inception in December 2018. So far, Green Depot has collected over 36,000 kilogrammes of recyclables, ranging from paper to metal to aluminium to e-waste. These recycling drives serve as an opportunity for members of Green Depot to educate the public on how to differentiate between recyclable and non-recyclable materials. According to Green Depot, a donation drive will be held next month to collect unwanted items that are still in working conditions to counter the current throw-away society. A…

Sixty-nine volunteers rolled their sleeves up for a clean up activity at Muara Beach yesterday, collecting 24 bags of trash (135 kg of waste) from a 300-metre stretch in 45 minutes. The volunteers comprising of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Discovery Year students and members of the public, collected trash including a refrigerator door, bottle caps, toothbrushes, diapers, tyres, cushions and a mattress. The campaign aimed to instil awareness on the importance of cleanliness and safety, while promoting conservation of the coastal environment, particularly among the youth. The event began with a recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah, followed by a warm up session. Legislative Council member, Yang Berhormat Khairunnisa binti Haji Ash'ari supervised the project. The event, supported by Green Brunei, was a community service activity together with representatives from the Society…

The Green Depot invited Belait District residents to participate in recycling efforts by bringing recyclable material to their fifth recycling drive at the STKRJ Lorong Tiga Seria Mosque from 8am to noon on August 23. Items accepted are paper, cardboard, metal, aluminium, plastic bottles and electronic waste (computer waste). The event aims to encourage the residents to practise recycling while reducing the amount of solid waste that goes into landfills. Users can register on http://recover.green-brunei.com to track their recycling records online and receive monetary rewards. Green Depot is a project under Green Brunei, supported by Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd. It aims to contribute to the nation’s goal of moving towards zero waste. It was established in December 2018 for communities to save through recycling as a means to…

For some, thrifting is an avenue to not only breathe new life into once used items, but also to help lessen the burden our planet faces. Thrifting involves the purchase of second hand items, usually clothing, at a relatively low price with the proceeds normally going towards charitable purposes. It also has the added benefit of helping to reduce the number of unused items that go into waste bins. This is in line with the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) which are synonymous with the efforts to help maintain and sustain a better environment for everyone. The 3Rs also represent one of the goals set out with the establishment of Green Depot Brunei. Founded back in December 2018, Green Depot was the brainchild of RECOVER and Green Brunei, and nurtured by…

Green Depot launched a two-day ‘Weekend Thrift Market’ at its Belait District branch near the Golden Jubilee Recreational Park yesterday. Project Officer at Green Depot Fathin Khairunnisa binti Mat Japar said among the items sold at the event include used items such as clothing articles, kitchen appliances and books. “Many of the items are dropped off here by the public, as well as through donation drive that we conduct occasionally. Instead of the items going to waste, we want to ensure that these used items can find a new home, which is in line with the goals of Green Depot in encouraging and promoting environmental sustainability through youth-led initiatives in the fields of education, conservation and advocacy.” She said the proceeds will support Green Depot operation and provide financial aid…

The two-day charity drive organised by Green Brunei from June 13 ended at Gerakan Room I of Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium and Green Depot in Kuala Belait yesterday. Legislative Council member and Green Brunei founder Yang Berhormat Khairunnisa binti Haji Ash’ari said the charity drive collected over 100 boxes of clothing, toys and household items. “In the next few days, from Monday to Friday, our volunteers will sort the items and divide them into two major piles; to sell via Instagram at @charitysale.bn and give away free on the final day,” she said. She shared the majority of the items received such as Lego collections, dumbbells and branded items are in a good condition and can be sold. “The rest of the items are mostly work attire, baju kurung, scarves…