2nd Draft Of Proposal Letter

Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, B31410 Negara Brunei Darussalam. 29th September, 2006. Director of Environmental Unit, Parks and Recreational Environmental Unit, Parks and Recreational, Ministry of Development, Bandar Seri Begawan, BB3510, Negara Brunei Darussalam. Ref: Recycling Centre. We, (Safura bte Dato Seri Setia Hj. Lamit, JM Qistina Rangga, Hartini bte Hassim and Rufaidah bte Hj. Ibrahim), are the students of UBD, studying in Year 4 of Bachelor of Education (General Science), currently taking PS 3404: Multidisciplinary Approach and Sustainable Environment course and have chose to do a Community Problem Solving project on “Waste Cooking Oil”. We would like to share with you what we have learnt about this problem. The aim of our project is to see the public minimising their use of used cooking oil and practising proper disposal of waste cooking oil. The objectives are as follows: •

Investigating the health hazards of reusing used cooking oil in cooking through online internet researching from credible resources.

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Investigating the environmental effects of improper disposal cooking oil through online internet researching and interviews with relevant authorities in Brunei.

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Investigating the health awareness level of the public regarding reusing used cooking oil through surveys.

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Investigating the cooking oil waste management in Brunei through surveys and interviews with relevant authorities in Brunei.

From the surveys we conducted in the first week of September, 2006, with the hawkers, food-court customers and students, it was found that 37 out of 74 responses (50%) pour waste cooking oil down the sink while the other half of the total responses either dispose their used cooking oil to the ground, into garbage bin or drain. With this letter, we included our findings on the environmental effects of disposing waste cooking oil improperly. More than half of the responses do not know the effect of improperly disposing waste cooking oil. However, 90% of the responses said that they would send the waste cooking oil to the recycling centre to be recycled. Therefore, our suggestion is for Brunei to establish a recycling centre specifically for the disposal of waste cooking oil into raw materials. We found that most of the recycling companies in Brunei Darussalam only focus on recycling papers, cardboxes, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, tin cans and motor oil. Therefore, we suggest that the recycling of waste cooking oil is included in their services. We would be grateful if you could encourage the recycling companies to do so. Lastly, we thank you for your cooperation regarding about the above matter. Yours sincerely, _________________________ (Safura bte Dato Seri Setia Hj. Lamit) email: [email protected] _________________________ (JM Qistina Rangga) email: [email protected] _________________________ (Hartini bte Hassim) email: [email protected] _________________________ (Rufaidah bte Hj. Ibrahim) email: [email protected]

Students of PS3403 Multiple Approaches for a Sustainable Environment 2006 Semester 1 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education Universiti Brunei Darussalam. cc. 1. Lecturer of PS3403, Dr Irene Cheong 2. Dean, SHBIE, UBD 3. Registrar & Secretary UBD