Maya Ubud CSR : Waste Management Education for Elementary School Students

Waste Management Education for Elementary School Students

Ubud, – Maya Ubud Resort & Spa is firmly committed in incorporating sustainable business practices into its operation. We believe that good waste management and treatment helps protect the environment and needs to be conveyed to the youth of Bali through education programs.

On February 18, 2012, Maya Ubud Resort & Spa with the support of Gita International Yoga of Melbourne, Australia, engaged the 66 students and 7 teachers in one of the neighboring elementary schools in a program to learn about the necessity of waste management. The school, SDN 3 Pejeng Kawan is located about five minutes from the resort. 

The Resort’s Green Team shared a video and made a slide presentation to the children and teachers on waste management. The training session was followed by a cleaning blitz of the school yard and nearby area during which 97kgs of trash and plastic were collected. 

On this occasion the Resort installed two large garbage containers in the school yard with organic and non-organic signs along with canvas bags for dry garbage and plastic and established a schedule wherein the Resort would collect the garbage each week and arrange for its proper disposal at the Temesi Recycling Plant in Gianyar.

 

During the visit, the school was also presented with waste bins and wall clocks for all classrooms and teacher’s office and equipped classroom with wall maps of Bali Province, Indonesia, the ASEAN countries and the world. Before parting, all students were provided milk and snacks and stationery for them to take home.

About Maya Ubud Resort & Spa, Bali

Maya Ubud Resort & Spa sits between the Petanu River valley and the verdant rice fields of Peliatan. With 108 private pool villas and luxury guestrooms, it is around one hour from Bali’s international airport.

Dining alternatives encompass international and regional dishes, plus healthy spa-style cuisine and dinner cultural performances.

The Spa at Maya is nestled along the river and has private double and single treatment pavilions, offering revitalizing treatments that refresh body and soul.

Recreation facilities include two swimming pools, tennis, pitch and putt, yoga pavilion and gym, village trekking, nature excursions and mountain biking. A shuttle bus links Ubud Township.