Turning trash to cash: Sandakan folks gain

Source: Daily Express Sabah

SANDAKAN: The Trash to Cash programme received favourable response from water villagers in Kampung Bahagia, Batu Sapi, here, with 1,500kg of plastic bottles, aluminium cans and boxes collected.

According to Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah Sekong Chief, Saparudin Abu, the programme created an awareness on water village residents to take care of the environment.

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"This simultaneously gives the residents of the water village in Batu Sapi an opportunity to generate income through waste materials while reducing the garbage in this water village," he said.

Meanwhile, Sandakan Municipal Council (MPS) Town Planning and Architecture Department Chief, Mohd Kazroy Nizam Sani, said the programme began in 2021.

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"The purpose is to give awareness to the community to turn garbage into income. Although it is not much, it motivates the residents to keep their village clean.

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"The programme will be extended to all parliaments. The next one will be held in Kampung Sim-Sim and Kampung Tinusa 2," he said.

Kazroy also said the collection of recyclable waste will be turned into materials that will be processed into a product that can be marketed in collaboration with non-governmental organisations such as Future Alam Borneo.

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