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Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd organised its fifth reforestation project at Berakas Forest Reserve Recreational Park as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative to protect and preserve Brunei Darussalam’s biodiversity and natural environment, and to support Brunei Darussalam National Climate Change Policy’s (BNCCP) Strategy 2 on Forest Cover, which aims to increase the natural carbon sink through afforestation and reforestation with the target of planting 500,000 new trees by 2035. Over 65 people comprising Hengyi officials, representatives from the Brunei Climate Change Secretariat (BCCS), the Forestry Department and Green Brunei, as well as volunteers, rolled up their sleeves to help plant 510 saplings across 0.5 hectares of land. Five species of trees – Sepetir, Ru Runang, Selungsur, Resak, and Tulong – were planted in view of the soil condition and dry environment at…

Over 328 kilogrammes of trash, comprising plastic bottles, lighters, fishing nets, food wrappers and cigarette butts, were collected duing a beach clean-up along Lumut Beach, Belait Distrct yesterday. Over 53 trash bags of waste were collected by 54 volunteers, were later disposed by the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation (JASTRe), Ministry of Development. Legislative Council member Yang Berhormat Khairunnisa binti Haji Ash’ari attended the clean-up, accompanied by Oiltown Safety Committee members, as well as students and volunteers from different institutions. Organised by Green Depot – a project by Green Brunei based in Kuala Belait, which provides a platform to promote better waste management in the district by encouraging the public to recycle in exchange for cash through a savings concept – the campaign aimed to raise awareness on the…

Thirty-nine youth participated in a four-day-three-night camp, organised by Green Brunei, concluded with a certificate presentation at Riadah Hall, Youth Centre on Friday. The 8th Green Leaders Camp this year focused on climate change with the theme ‘Go Green or Go Home’. Participants were aged between 14 to 22. Legislative Council member Yang Berhormat Khairunnisa binti Haji Ash’ari, co-founder and Community Engagement Director of Green Brunei was present. Event partner representatives from Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) and Progresif Sdn Bhd also attended. Participants were involved in talks and field trips throughout the programme where they gained a better understanding of climate change issues and learnt ways to tackle them. Among the talks included a session from the Brunei Climate Change Secretariat, BSP as well as from Young…

Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd (Hengyi) launched the Clean Beach Initiative as part of it’s long-term corporate social responsibility during a clean-up activity at Muara Recreational Beach. Over 100 participants comprising Hengyi staff and volunteers participated in the clean-up, organised by Hengyi Industries in a collaboration with Green Brunei. The event is part of Hengyi’s long-term corporate social responsibility’s (CSR) commitment towards a sustainable future by providing an awareness on the importance of recycling and maintaining the beauty and cleanliness of the beaches in the country. The initative is aimed at tackling beach pollution and reducing the number of plastic litters entering the oceans. Deputy General Manager of Hengyi Industries Xu Ye handed over recycle bins and signages to guest of honour, Acting Director of the Department of Environment, Parks and…

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…

The Ministry of Energy and Green Brunei in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation recently organised an Environmental Education Tour programme to Tenaga Suria Brunei (TSB) located in Seria. Since the start of the educational tour programme in September 2020, a total of 480 students from various secondary and tertiary institutions have participated. Group photo of Higher Education Institution students standing in front of the solar panels. The TSB plant is an on-grid 1.2 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant commissioned in 2010 as a part of a joint project between the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan. At present, the plant contributes about 0.14% of the country’s total power generation capacity and is operated by the Department of Electrical Services,…

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…