RECYCLING EDUCATION Recycling Education Activities in Thailand IVL has been actively promoting the importance of recycling with our partner institutions through our Recycling Education project in Thailand since 2018. Our mission continues to educate people on the circular and recyclable qualities of PET, and the crucial role they can play by recycling and preventing the mismanagement of PET waste. Due to the challenges posed by COVID-19, the school closures made it difficult to arrange onsite education programs. This led us to work with teachers to develop more engaging content for school children on recycling. Together, we created a worksheet covering waste separation and the types of plastics that are relevant to kids. We also sent our recycling materials to high school and college teachers to increase awareness on plastic recycling and reusability, including their environmental and economic benefits. Additionally, we released educational video content for children and the public to encourage them to recycle. This can serve as valuable instructional tools for teachers to educate their students, and we plan to have this translated into other languages to increase viewership. For university students in Thailand, we provided both onsite (adhering toCOVID-19healthandsafetyguidelines) and virtual learning sessions. Our collaboration with Scaling Recycling Education Globally To accelerate our efforts in meeting the 2030 target, we are engaging with Yunus Thailand and other educational networks to scale-up our “Global Recycling Education”project. We are developing our recycling educationmaterials for a global audience to increase recycling awareness worldwide. A variety of topics will be developed to suit different educational levels. The program is being overseen by the Educator Advisory Group (EAG) and validated by an independent third party to ensure quality content and international recognition. Deliverables: Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University led us to engage with residents in the Baan Pang and Baan Klueng communities sharing the benefits of managing plastic and how it affects the circular economy. We arranged virtual training sessions for public and pr ivate companies to help them achieve thei r sustainability goals of reducing waste and increasing environmental awareness among their employees. Our productive collaborations sawPET bottles collected and upcycled into PPE suits and donated to frontlinemedical staff to protect them from COVID-19. We shared our expertise and experience on recycling and circularity with officers of the BangkokMetropolitan Administration in support of improving the city’s plastic was te management and to encourage othe r municipalities in Thailand to recycle. We alsoworkedwithTrash Lucky – an innovative start-up that incentivizes waste separation using lucky raffle draws. As we share their vision of plastic-free oceans and diverting waste from landfills, our recycling team joined them on a roadshow at the Asian Institute of Technology, where we spoke about PET recycling with 175 students and residents in the community and held waste separation and lucky draw activities. 19 content packages at different educational levels, with third-party validation. 250,000 people reached within 2022. A Performance Report with strategic recommendations, including a network list and an engagement strategy. 155 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021 Content Creation Develop recycling education packages for K-12 students, universities, and youth groups, based on inputs and advice by the Educator Advisory Group (EAG) Network Follow Up Promote through a virtual Global Recycling Education Roadshow, as well as a final report with recommendations Outreach Engagement Mobilize the Yunus Educational network in 37 countries, 98 universities, and 3 Zero clubs around the world Empowering Our People and Communities Responsible Business and Effective Governance Driving Sustainable Value Creation and Growth Towards Net Zero Carbon Global Performance Data GRI Standard Content Index
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