Climate Action
Plastic pollution is a global problem, threatening both the health of humans and ecosystems worldwide. Every year, out of an unimaginable 300 million metric tonnes of plastic produced, half is made into single-use items: takeaway cups, food wrappers, grocery bags and more. And, every year, another eight million metric tonnes of this plastic drifts or sink into the ocean, adding to what’s already there and taking decades to break down. And the figure isn't going down—if nothing is done, we can expect it to rise to 17 million tonnes per year by 2025.
The University of Faisalabad signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Global Shapers Pakistan on November 17, 2021 for the purpose of achieving various aims and objectives to help tackle the problem of urban plastic pollution.
TUF with the help of Global Shapers Pakistan is building a community that adopts the sustainable development goals of the United Nations. They put their focus on suitability goal number 13, which is climate change. The University of Faisalabad has taken some promising steps to tackle pollution at the national and global levels. The initiative aims to source innovative solutions to help stem the devastating flow of plastic pollution.
Inorganic waste treatment:
With the collaboration of Global Shapers, students from the interior design department take the initiative to use recycled material for event decoration.
Global Shapers placed separate bins in the university. Separate bins allow sanitation workers to separate highly recyclable organic and inorganic waste.
Global Shapers collects inorganic recyclable waste materials and sends them to various oil refineries and other industries that use them for recycling.
Global Shapers encourages the university to replace plastic pens with ink pens to combat plastic pollution.
Students, faculty, and management are notified to use reusable essentials such as cups and water bottles to reduce plastic use.
Global Shapers, in collaboration with the University of Faisalabad, recruited volunteers to collect plastic waste from all over the city and deliver it to the industries to recycle it.
On both campuses of the University, Global Shapers installed water coolers for students to make the campus plastic-free.
