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Social Media Drives for Materials
Through our social media pages we schedule a post a few times a year asking for donations from guests and supporters. We ask for materials which could be used in conservation club such as arts and crafts materials. We specify that items such as glitter are not required as they are not environmentally friendly. We also ask for them not to be brought specifically for us but items that are no longer needed that could use a new home. We receive paint, glue, fabrics etc. This helps us stick with our ethos of re-using. Items that would normally have gone in the rubbish bin are now re-used by the kids to create something meaningful.
Social media is a truly remarkable resource allowing us to reach thousands of people at any time of the day. We also have someone in the city of Johor willing to be a donation point or arrange collection to be delivered to our island.
In our first social media drive we received lots of glitter which we are unable to use (micro plastics.) We therefore had a stash of glitter which had to be re-donated as it's options were either landfill or used and potentially entering the oceans as a micro plastic. Now we specify that no glitter be donated.