Perak Bus Station

Last week, we went to Perak to visit a friend. We are pleasantly suprised to see their recycling efforts as shown in the pictures below:

The bins may look old but at least, there's an effort on their part.

A closer view of the bins

Our happiness did not last long for even if they have those huge bins that you will never overlook, they are still throwing rubbish of different kinds to these...

Even if there's clearly 4 different kinds of bin, people still throw different kinds of trash inside them. Some garbage even ended right through the mini-canal.

Up until now, we are still confused as to why they would throw things when proper bins are provided for different kinds of trash. Then we realize that it is not enough to provide only the materials, we need to educate people on why do we need to use them.

Even if the trip was slightly disappointing because of what we found out, we still want to keep our hopes high.  Having those bins sure are good for starters. But honestly, we need more than separate bins to inculcate the need to recycle.

What do you think?