PESHAWAR
\nThe Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) under the \u201cCommunity Empowerment and Capacity Building Project\u201d has launched a series of art competitions in girls\u2019 schools to teach techniques on how to recycle reusable waste into beautiful items.
\nIn this connection , different art competitions were held at Government Girls\u2019 High school Civil Quarters and Centennial Model School Nauthia Qadeem. WSSP said on Friday that more than 64 students participated in the events.
\nIt said that the overall aim of events was to promote the culture of recycling of reusable items among the students and discourage the habit of throwing trash in streets and containers.
\nIt is to note here that \u201cCommunity Empowerment and Capacity Building Project\u201d a UNICEF-funded project to sensitized students about the importance of clean environment, hazards of waste and recycling.
\nWSSP, in the first phase under the projects, formed WASH clubs in private and public sector schools where students were sensitized how to save water, keep the environment clean and importance of personal hygiene.
\nIn the second phase, community development officers of WSSP were now organizing events and competitions to promote recycling of the waste at homes.
\nIt will awaken the creativity of the students and encourage them to recycle and safely manage waste at homes, turn it into beautiful decorative items instead of throwing the same in open areas or streets and drains.
\nThe teachers of schools have been engaged to hold special sessions on the importance of recycling waste and clean drinking water.
\nThe students transformed trash papers, bottles, ice cream cups, bulbs, cables, ribbons, straws, wrappers, toys, flower pots and plates into decorative pieces for homes.
\nWSSP has also launched a \u201cWaste segregation at sources level\u201d project where it has placed containers of different colors to segregate waste. Under the project consumers were encouraged to pack glass, iron and recyclable waste separately at homes and throw in red, green and yellow containers placed in their localities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) under the \u201cCommunity Empowerment and Capacity Building Project\u201d has launched a series of art competitions in girls\u2019 schools to teach techniques on how to recycle reusable waste into beautiful items. In this connection , different art competitions were held at Government Girls\u2019 High school Civil Quarters and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n