Bring Your Own Utensils To School by LIU YIMING S2-01

Prompts

2022_liu_yiming1_11 — 2024-09-26 04:45:44 UTC

On a scale of 1-4: Do you think this initiative can be expanded to the whole school? Explain your reason
Did you wash your utensils after consuming food / bring home to wash / wash at a later time?
What are some challenges when washing the utensils: e.g. water pressure too small, not enough sinks, lack sponges etc
What are some additional resources you need from the school? eg composting bins below sink/ dry cloth etc

janelle

2024-10-03 07:24:41 UTC

3: its a good practice to reduce plastic waste and single use cutleries in the school
washed it in the school sink
if the food is oily and you wash it with your hands (no sponge) it might not be completely clean (esp if ur hands were dirty beforehand)
dry cloth + maybe sponges ?

jia xuan

2023_toh_jia_xuan — 2024-10-03 07:24:45 UTC

3. I think that the initiative may need time to be implemented as it is a very large scale project.
I washed it as soon as possible as I did not want it to stink up.
Lack of a sponge to clean thoroughly during school hours.
Sponge maybe. Not exactly needed though. Could bring home to wash.

xuting

2024-10-03 07:24:51 UTC

on a scale of 1-4, i would say 2. Even as an individual, it is quite hard to remember to bring the utensils to school/ downstairs, much less the whole school
I washed the utensils after i ate, at school
Sometimes there was not enough time as the queues were quite long and our recess/ lunch time is a bit short
probably a drying cloth as i couldnt dry it

Zi-Ying

2024-10-03 07:47:29 UTC

I would put a 3 as I think it is possible to expand it to the whole school but some students might find it a hassle to bring it to school every day.
I washed my utensils after eating.
There are no sponges and cloths to dry and wash the utensils.
Sponges and cloths.

Karin

2024-10-03 07:47:41 UTC

ono sorry I wrote a whole essay help

I think 2.9 because it’s probably hard to get everyone to bring their own cutlery and most people will forget if they don’t really care about reducing plastic waste. I think it might trigger public discontent cos most other schs still provide non disposable cutlery even if they don’t provide disposable ones. But it’s still a nice and useful initiative and everyone will probably adapt one day so 2.9!
I washed them in school when I had time like during recess when food queues are not that long but if I eat during lunch I’ll have to bring them home to wash.
I think there’s not enough sinks and time to wash the cutlery because if this is gonna be a whole school thing there’s like quite a lot of people during each recess and not enough sinks so the queues for washing will be really long and especially during lunch when even food queues are long there’s probably no time for washing.
I think there was like dish soap and sponges provided so nope but maybe put dish soap at sinks near jap store too (idk if there can be more sinks added but that would be awesome)

Claire

2024-10-03 11:02:55 UTC

1)3. It would be a bit of a rush to wash them in school after eating.

2)wash them in school

3)hard to wash clean if food is really oily

4)Sponge

Valery

2024-10-03 12:11:41 UTC

2.5? I feel like when it's implemented throughout the whole school it could be quite messy/chaotic ESPECIALLY during like combined lunch like imagine 1600 people all gathering at the sinks to wash their cutleries + it's quite unhygienic as well because if like the sponge comes into contact with everyone's utensils then 🧐🧐

Usually I would wash it in school but like if the queues were really long and I had no choice then I would have to bring it back home to wash and also the soap 🧼 isn't really like very good to clean oily cutlery like my utensils mostly still feel a bit greasy so I end up washing it twice once in school and another time at home!

Also like if there's residue and stuff on people's utensils then I think we should remind them to clear it at the dustbin before washing if not everyone's little noodle strand or rice grain is going accumulate and clog up the sinks!

Better degreasing soup that's more suitable for washing dishes(?) I would say more sinks but I don't think that's very feasible

Charis

2024-10-04 12:46:59 UTC

2. I think that if its the whole school doing it, it could cause there to be a lot of crowding at the sinks, especially because there aren't that many sinks in the canteen, and this may cause some people to be late for class. However, I think it's a good initiative, but maybe the school should start with getting the students to bring utensils for the stalls that have disposable cutlery?
I washed it in school. Because bringing it home or washing it later would cause the cutlery to become very dirty and smelly.
I think it was still quite managable, however, if the whole school was to do this, there would definitely be too few sinks.
Dry cloth, sponges, dish soap. However, I think even though the dry cloth ans sponges are quite necessary, but if they were used by many people, they would become quite dirty and unhygenic.

Hanyi

2024-10-04 14:55:32 UTC

Qn1

3: yes. it is an initiative that forces students to build habits which may be difficult. During the 2 weeks of the trial, my main problem was remembering to bring them to the canteen and had to go back to class to retrieve it.

Qn 2:

Nope. I usually brought it home to wash

Qn 4:

Drying clothes would be helpful

Andreana

2024-10-21 23:29:50 UTC

3. It is a great opportunity to go green and practice being eco-friendly, therefore should be extended to the whole school.
If there was enough time, i would wash it at school. However, sometimes the end of recess would be near or there are too many people at the sinks, so i will have to bring it home to wash.
I feel more sinks should be installed if we were to make it a school-wide practice, as they are quite limited.
A cloth would help tremendously to dry our utensils, as well as more sponges.