Source: School of Environmental Science and Engineering

On the afternoon of Apr.23rd, the final of 2011 SYSU Science and Art Festival: Design Competition for “Recycling System of Tetra Pak Packages”, which was held by the university Youth League Committee and organized by the School of Environmental Science and Engineering (SESE), was successfully held in East Campus. The competition was officially launched at the end of December, 2011. 16 participating teams in final were selected from overall 56 teams signed in for the contest from the whole university. The judges of the final consisted of people from Tetra Pak China, volunteer group of “Green Family”, SESE, the Office of Student Affairs and the Propaganda Department of Party Committee.

Tetra Pak Package is a kind of packaging for liquid food, which is made of paper pulp, aluminum foil and plastics. While it brings convenience to consumers, it also causes a series of problems, among which the most serious one is that the paper packages are not effectively recycled, thus producing environmental pollution. The aim SESE organized this competition is to draw on collective wisdom and take practical proposals, so as to promote the establishment and perfection of recycling system of Tetra Pak packages in campus and to disseminate the concept of low-carbon lifestyle.