Hello everyone, as addressed by the previous speaker, yes I’m Benjamin and I’ll be

talking to you on the other strategy that our group has proposed on reducing textile

wastage. We’re going to organize this campaign called “Love Textiles Campaign”, and

we will be dividing this campaign into 2 parts, namely a roadshow and a workshop.

Now, let us focus on the roadshow first. I believe no one in this room has ever attended

a textile roadshow because no such roadshow has been organized before! Hence, our

company will be organizing the very first textile roadshow in Singapore, and I believe

this will be interesting to the public.

What you’re seeing on the screen now is an outline of our roadshow, which will be held

at the Suntec Convention Centre. The booths set up will mainly address the various

causes of textile wastage, and its present and future implications, and the current efforts

put in by our organization to reduce textile wastage in Singapore today. Employees from

our company will be there to mend the booths, to answer any questions that our

roadshow participants have.

The gallery will then be displaying several pictures of the detrimental effects of textile

wastage to the environment, and also pictures of textile collection from households in

action. What you’ve just seen are some pictures that we are planning to put up during

the roadshow.

Let us move on to the workshop. Many of us do not realize how much damage we are

causing to the environment whenever we dispose textiles as and when they like. What

about you? Do you know what happens when you dispose your unwanted clothes? Let

me show you what happens. *Show textile wasteland* *Pause* As mentioned earlier in

the causes of wastage, the lack of awareness could be one of the reasons why we are

unfamiliar with the extent of the damage we are doing to the environment. But what if

we could change this unappealing sight, to something that looks like this? *Show

recycled bag* Or maybe even this? *Show other recycled bag* Recycled textiles can not

only be used to create useful products, but it can also save the environment at the same

time. Hence, we are planning to conduct a workshop throughout the entire roadshow

using volunteers trained by our company, which teaches the participants several

methods in creating useful products from old and unwanted textiles. These participants

can join and leave whenever they want, without having a need to register for it.

Materials will also be provided for them, which makes it very convenient for them. I’m

sure many of you here like free stuff right? Hence, we have decided to make this

workshop free of charge for everyone, enticing people to participate in this workshop.

Also, live demonstrations on how to go about converting old and unwanted textiles into

useful products will be conducted and flyers will be distributed to attract more

participants. Curious about what useful products can be made from old and unwanted

textiles? Here’s a grocery bag, made entirely from an old T-shirt. It can withstand even

more weight than a normal plastic bag. This is beneficial to products that are heavy and

require more than one plastic bag to hold them. Hence, with this workshop in place, we

are able to tackle both the evils of textile and plastic wastage.

As the roadshow is an annual event, and such opportunities don’t come easy, why not

grab hold of it and have fun while learning how to save the environment from textile

wastage at the same time? Thank you and I will now pass my time over to our next

speaker, Chee Wei, who will be elaborating on the effectiveness of our strategies.