HELLO TRASH, GOODBYE

YES-O ups campaign on plastic use, waste disposal

BY MARY ROSE N. CALVADORES

Say “yes” to making Paradise a real paradise.

Intensifying its environmental awareness and preservation campaign in the campus, Youth for
Environment in Schools Organization (YES-O) club initiated the Basurang Papel Kapalit ay Bagong Papel
program alongside its week-long implementation of Walang Plastikan at Sipsipan sa Paradise policy,
which originally started as a two-day ban of plastics last year.

The program aims to engage students effectively on proper waste disposal and also help the club
continue its advocacies by selling paper trash while lessening waste in school, YES-O Club Adviser Ma’am
Divina Gracia Cardona said.

“Given that climate change and other environmental issues in the world are already being
overlooked nowadays, it’s really good that this year, we felt more the sense of urgency about doing things
that help save our planet—no matter how small they are,” Deejay Love Moreno, STEM 12 student said.

The club gives ballpen or pencil for plastics and intermediate pads in exchange for paper wastes
which they’ve given more exposure than other wastes but they also accept Styrofoam, foils, sticks and
plastic cups.

Paradise Farms National High School (PFNHS) was chosen as one of the recipients of school
supplies from the City Environment and National Office (CENRO).

“We should all actively participate even when not everyone does; at least, we did our part,” YES-
O Club President Cedrick Binuya said.

Students who want to participate in the said program will only have to go to the faculty or
stockroom to redeem their school materials right away or come back to claim other materials in case
there’s no more supplies.

YES-O club members segregate the wastes they’ve collected.

The club plans to reinforce their regulations in their implemented programs and come up with
another one such as the “Tapat Mo Linis Mo” this coming school year.