THE public should make it a point to wash clothes the ‘green’ way.
And what better way to do it than to use naturally effective microorganism (EM) solution instead of harmful chemicals at home for the sake of the environment.
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Tanjung Bungah secretary-general Tan Seng Chye said the versatile EM solution or enzyme made of forest humus could be used for almost everything, including scrubbing the floor, washing clothes and bathing.
Tan added that the method for using the EM solution varied for different usage.
“The EM solution can be used solely for heavy usage such as cleaning the drain and washing clothes while diluting the EM solutions is for light usage such as bathing,
“It is possible to stop using detergent and use only EM solution to wash clothes,” he said, adding that the sourish smell would disappear once the laundry was dry.
“We use 6,000 EM mud balls every month for our four-month programme to rehabilitate Linear Park (better known as Taman Jajar) near the Air Itam river until May 29,” he said at the JCI-MPPP Community Project — ‘I Can Live Green’ campaign press conference at G Hotel on Tuesday.
Tan said one of their major projects would be to rehabilitate Taman Jajar (behind the Sri York Condominium) and part of Sungai Air Itam with 6,000 mud balls this Saturday.
The mud ball throwing activity is part of the Happy Family Day with Mother Nature event to be held at Taman Jajar between 8am and 11am that day where the public could also bring empty bottles to take home EM solutions.
The event will be packed with exciting ‘green’ educational activities including replacement of harmful chemicals at home with natural solutions, musical performance by St Nicholas Home for the Visually Handicapped, guided nature walks and an aerobics session.
“The purpose of this event is for both adults and children to gain educational experience to practise green living,“ said Tan, who will lead a talk on washing clothes the ‘green’ way at 9am at the Penang Municipal Park this Sunday.
Tan, who is the event’s organising chairman, said the aim of the project was to educate the people on living a green lifestyle.
He also called on as many volunteers as possible to help run the four-month environmental campaign.
Those interested can call him at (016-426 4008) or Sue Yie (016-4108388).
In supporting the campaign, St Nicholas Home executive director Daniel Soon said the home was starting to switch from using detergents to EM solutions for domestic usage.
He added that the home had been working closely with Tan for a month now to support the mud ball-making project and usage of EM solutions
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