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South West CDC residents go green with campaign to reduce energy consumption

Sunday, 28th January 2007: By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: It pays to go green - that's the message the South West Community Development Council (CDC) wants to get across to residents, with it's Cool South West! programme. With the help of the National Environment Agency, it wants to get residents to see that it makes perfect dollar sense to cut down on energy consumption.

They came in droves, some as early as 7 in the morning, and all of them armed and ready - all part of a recycling scheme which allows residents of South West CDC to exchange their unwanted goods for groceries

It has been a hit among the 11 participating constituencies, and old clothing, newspapers, and even electronic goods are among the most common items they bring. This year, 28 tons of clothing and 36 tons of paper have been collected, and more keep coming in.

South West CDC is pushing its green revolution in a big way, with regular events to remind residents that recycling can be interesting - like turning pulp into paper, and plastic bags into colourful decorations.

This year, there're also new programmes to get residents to conserve electricity at home, such as switching off electrical appliances at the mains when they're not being used, and using energy-saving lightbulbs. 

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