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Collecting school fees with plastic bottles, plastic bags, the school changed the whole town.

  • Writer: bamboovision
    bamboovision
  • Jun 24, 2019
  • 1 min read

Instead of paying tuition, students at Akshar School, Assam, India, take plastic waste from home to school.



Line of schoolchildren carrying recyclable bags and backpacks; orange banner says Tuition fee by RECYCLABLES, the school changed town.

Each week, they just need to bring about 25 pieces of plastic garbage to the school to "pay" the tuition, from plastic bottles to plastic bags ...



Four boys in colorful shirts write in notebooks at a wooden table under a thatched shelter, concentrating.


At secondary school, the curriculum will include carpentry, embroidery, recycling, photography and even a solar technician course.



Students holding an environmentally friendly solar panel


Senior students are encouraged to teach juniors what they know, and are paid by the school.

They also earned money by working for the school's Recycling Center after school.



students collecting bottles

They are taught to sort garbage, and squeeze plastic bottles into "" ecological bricks "".



students collecting bottles

This plant is built from around 200 plastic bottles and 4,000 plastic bags (about half of which cannot be recycled).


 plant built from around 200 plastic bottles and 4,000 plastic bags



The school also teaches students and parents the harmful effects of plastic.


Four volunteers in orange vests carry bags and a red bucket across a grassy yard by a red building and trees.

Founding this unique school is Mazin Mukhtar and his wife, Parmita. According to Parmita, many parents in the area often burn plastic for heating and they were shocked to learn about the harmful effects of this on their children's health and themselves.


Smiling couple takes a selfie outdoors under trees, with a Nikon camera strap visible and a calm rural background.

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