On May 9, the awards ceremony for the 2019 Tianjin Recycling Educational
Challenge (TReC) was held at the Himalaya Tianta. This was the TreC
program’s 4th year, continuing on its tradition as an educational
initiative developed by TJenvironcom and organized by the Tianjin
Chapter of AmCham China, where Tianjin's premier international schools
participate in a week of recycling and environmental activities.
Activities include a recyclables collection drive, as well as an art
competition where artwork is composed from recycled materials.
Tianjin international school
This year saw participation from Tianjin International School,
Wellington Tianjin, Tianjin Yinghua International School (Wuqing and
Dongli Campuses), and TEDA International School. Caterpillar Tianjin
Ltd., with Anisa Cosmetics sponsoring materials for use in the creation
of artwork. Prize sponsors included Ocean Park and the Cambridge Mask
Company. Himalaya Tianta Apartments was the venue and awards sponsor
Approx. 1300 kgs of recyclable materials were collected during the week,
a year-on-year gain of 69%, and almost 50 works of art were created
from materials donated by CAT and Anisa.
Additionally, during his visit to Tianjin on May 7, US Ambassador to
China Terry Branstad viewed some of the artwork, and heard from some of
the participating students about their thoughts on the environment and
the TreC project.
Representatives from the US Embassy Environmental Section, local
artists, and representatives from NGOs including Conservation
International and the APEC Green Supply Chain Center served as judges in
the art segment. The awards ceremony was hosted by TJenvironcom founder
Alex Scilla.The TReC-TECC Total [TTT], a tally of the results to date
between TReC and it’s sister program TECC (The Tianjin Environmental CSR
Challenge) is now ranking in at a recovery total of 3077 kgs of
secondary resources, reduced energy usage of over of 30000 kwh, and
water savings of over 200 tons.
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