Bahrain Plans to Recycle Five Tonnes of Used Paper

by 08/02/07 1 Comment

Gulfnews reports that Bahrain has started a two-week campaign to involve 80 youth in the recycling of five tonnes (5,000 kilograms, over 11,000 pounds) of paper. The youth will be collecting, cutting and grinding used paper before it gets recycled, with the purpose of using young people to educate them about become more environmentally conscious.

The Bahrain Centre for Volunteers and the General Organisation for Youth and Sports have already contacted government and private organizations to generate support for the program. For more information on paper recycling, visit our Recycling page.

Trey Granger

Trey Granger

Trey Granger is a staff member at Earth911.com.


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  1. ameena adel

    posted on April 1st, 2009 at 8:49 am

    i am 14 years old…
    and i am from bahrain
    i am the head of the environment committee in my school (abdulrahman kanoo school)
    and we are working on the project recycling…
    we will be recycling paper, plastic, and aluminium
    we are also going to try to compoust

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