菩提心要 - 零八年十一月十一日 Puti - 11 Nov 08

经济不景气，环保回收物的价钱暴跌。不过，上人说，我们环保的努力不能停，还要加快。

With the economic downturn, the prices of recyclable items are in their lowest level. But master say our recycling efforts cannot stop. In fact, it must be expanded.

第一，我们的环保站也是教育站，而教育大众，特别是年轻人，和环保回收一样重要。第二，我们回收的宝特瓶都经过加工改良成毛毯，用于国际赈灾上。至今已制做多过三十万张毛毯，与贫苦大众结了一分很好的缘。第三，环保回收物价钱低，厂商不收，如果我们也不收，可回收的物件很有可能都会成了垃圾，不是掩埋就是焚烧，对全球暖化和污染一点帮助都没有。

First, our recycling center is also an educational center and it is very important to educate everybody, especially our young the important of recycling. Second, our recycled PET bottles are converted into blankets for international relief. Till date, we have manufactured more 30 thousands blankets. There are a lot poor and needy around the whole that need our blankets. Third, with the low resell price, many factories are not buying recyclable items. If we stop collecting, more likely all of the recyclable items will end up as rubbish, either buried or burned, worsening global warming and pollution.