Turning bottle caps into wheelchairs
The UNESCO Club (Beirut campus) and Civic Engagement and Pulse clubs (Byblos), in collaboration with the Guidance offices, set up stands on both campuses Jan. 21 and 25 respectively, to collect water bottle caps that will be recycled to buy…
The UNESCO Club (Beirut campus) and Civic Engagement and Pulse clubs (Byblos), in collaboration with the Guidance offices, set up stands on both campuses Jan. 21 and 25 respectively, to collect water bottle caps that will be recycled to buy wheelchairs for Arc en Ciel, a local NGO for the disabled. Since one ton of plastic caps makes one wheelchair, the student clubs plan to expand the initiative next month, and perhaps make it even permanent.
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