Wednesday, December 26, 2012

TRASH




TRASH stands for The Recycle Association House which aims to help and teach the people on proper way of throwing their garbage by segregating the biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. By doing this, the recyclable materials like bottles, cans, papers, plastics, and other dry materials can be brought to the junk shop or to facilities where they will recycle the said materials into something new and usable item. Whereas, the non-biodegradable wastes which are not harmful or toxic can be used as fertilizer for farming.



It has a tag line “Me Healing M.E.” whereas M.E. stands for Mother Earth. Each one of us, personally, has an obligation to be part on healing the Mother Earth. We can do this by starting on our own backyard and make it a habit to throw our garbage properly.



It also has a vision that not anything that we throw is already a waste, because it believes that when a trash considered as a waste it means it is nothing already. In TRASH, garbages are not waste-it is something that can be useful if properly segregated and properly distributed to agencies who uses recyclable materials as their items, such as bags made of plastics, walls that made of tin cans and others.



The logo is a simple heart where earth is inside of it, this shows that the earth is being loved and taken care of every person especially those who have a good heart.
 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Be safe for 2013







Christmas season is already here and every time people celebrate this festive season firecrackers are one of the main events. Buying firecrackers is part of the things to do by many of us, aside from buying gifts for exchange gifts and spending for foods for Noche Buena and Media Noche. 

 However, the Department of Health (DOH) is asking people to avoid using firecrackers because accidents could happen. A number of people loosing some of their fingers, hands or even arms and legs are some of the cases encountered everytime we welcome the New Year. Instead of celebrating with joy, some celebrate it with sadness and regret. 
 





On the website of DOH, it is said that they already started with the campaign “APIR (Aksyon Paputok Injury Reduction), IWAS PAPUTOK” and encouraging people to use horns, pots and pans, loud music, street parties on making noise.



Since 1992, there is already a law, Republic Act 7183, which regulates the use, the manufacturing, selling and distribution of firecrackers and even Pyrotechnic devices. 


Even the environmental group EcoWaste Coalition is joining forces with the DOH on Iwas Paptok Campaign, but it is called Iwas PapuToxic. They said using firecrackers is not helpful to the environment and making it more polluted. They also supports’ DOH drive on using horns or loud musics.




Part of the campaign is this: click here and enjoy! =)




Sources:

http://rp2.abs-cbnnews.com/image/images/12/15/11/students-and-teachers-join-ecowaste-coalition%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ciwas-paputok%E2%80%9D


http://www.doh.gov.ph/top/node/8061%20.html


http://www.doh.gov.ph/top/node/8031%20.html


http://ecowastecoalition.multiply.com/photos/album/109/IwasPaputoxic#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfCuDfiQFDE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujRwxjo59XU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1dOi8yWWE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5i_K8WobTg


http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/242771/news/nation/list-of-fireworks-and-firecrackers-prohibited-in-the-phl