Issue 2, 2013 - Australian Asian Association of WA INC

News
April - July 2013
Serving the Community since 1956
Published by the Australian Asian Association of WA Inc.
Highligts of Reception for Hon. Mike Nahan, the Minister
for Energy, Finance, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
at AAA Hall on the 16th of July 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
AAA Services
President’s Message
AAA News and Activities
Media Release
Advertisements
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SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY
IMMIGRATION:
Qualified Migrant Agent available for free
consultations and assistance.
Contact Olga Ramasamy on
(08) 9328 6202
TRIPLE A CARE:
COMMUNITY AGED CARE PACKAGES
(CACP)
Funded by Department of Health and Ageing.
Contact Chris Brama
CACP Coordinator on (08) 9228 9833
EMERGENCY RELIEF:
Funded by Lotterywest and Department
of Family and Community Services.
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(08) 9300 9156
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday
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PEOPLE FROM CULTURALLY
AND LINGUISTICALLY
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS
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Youth, Women and Seniors
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Committee Room seating capacity up to 14 people (for members only).
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April - July 2013
President’s Message
Greetings to our members from India, Pakistan, South Sudan, Congo and The United States
of America on their Independence Days. Chile and Malaysia on their National Days, our
Aboriginal members on NAIDOC week, celebrating their achievements and finally to our
Buddhist organisations and members on celebrating Vesak and Buddha’s enlightenment on
the 22nd July.
With the restructuring of the Community Aged Care Packages (CACP) and possibly the Home
and Community Care (HACC), which involve major changes in funding arrangement, our CEO
went over east and to another conference in Perth, to acquaint herself with the changes.
The committee was also acquainted with the logistics of running these programmes through
professionals who briefed them one evening. In essence clients will now have the choice of
choosing their provider. Funds are allocated to the client. The provider is then funded based on how many clients
have chosen them. Chris Brahmananda our CACP provider is currently on annual leave and any queries can now
be directed to Manil, who is currently assisting in this regard. Manil is also handling the Beyond Gambling grant very
successfully. Our HACC programme continues to expand and we are seeking newer directions in the area.
As the Hall, Kitchen and Lesser hall have been refurbished and the state of the art audio equipment installed, new
charges will apply which can be ascertained from the office. We are currently in the process of installing new lighting
and digital projection equipment. As members would be aware the Chilean Consulate operates from our offices. We
welcome The Nepalese Consul General who will now have his office in our building. This brings together in cohesive
fashion all the units of cultural diversity.
Our Youth Co-ordinator KC is to be congratulated for running a very successful Ethnic Cricket World Cup, in Mount
Lawley. Six nations participated. Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Mayor of Town of Vincent Alanah Mctiernan
flipped the coins and got the show underway. Felicitations once again to the Sri Lankan team who, like last year at
Lilac Park, won the championship.
It was a great delight to host the new Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Finance and Energy the Hon. Mike Nahan,
Member for Riverton. He has been closely linked with the association over a lengthy period of time. Our conglomerate
association Presidents and Secretaries, members of the Consulate Corps and directors of Government bodies and
business entities formed part of the warm communal spirit. It was a magical night enjoyed by all.
It was great pleasure to attend the Lotterywest 80 year celebration of community funding and the function at the
Indonesian consul Generals office to celebrate the new look Garuda International Airways now in partnership with
Etihad. At both these functions the Association was promoted.
I ask you to strongly support the Australian Asian Association Spring Dance on the 12th of October. The price of $ 30
per ticket includes Dinner and will be held at the Association Hall. It will be a great night full of song, dance and fun.
We have liaised with the Town of Vincent in organising the Eid Celebrations, which will take place in the park
opposite our building in October.
I thank you, our dear members for your strong support of the association, which is expanding in geometric proportions.
Unity in Diversity
Mel. Fialho
AAA COMMITTEE
Mr Mel Fialho - President
Mr Rahim Ghauri - Vice President
Ms Marlene Burnaby - Secretary
Mr Michael Perera - Treasurer
Ms Saowarak Srisukkho - Committee Member
Mr Albert Meyerkort - Committee Member
Mr Sanjoy Dhar - Committee Member
Dr Tekle Shanka - Committee Member
Mr Colin Johnson - Committee Member
Mr Ranil Coorey - Committee Member
Mr Mehreteab Berhe - Committee Member
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CEO’S Message
It is the end of the financial year and we are busy getting ready for the annual audit and
the preparation of the final accounts. Fortunately, as always, we will have the Annual
General Meeting in October which gives us plenty of time.
We were delighted with the response we received to our invitation to meet Hon. Dr. Mike
Nahan, the newly appointed Minister for Energy, Finance, Citizenship and Multicultural
Affairs. The hall was filled to capacity with a gathering of 185 attendees, consisting of
the Presidents and Secretaries of our member organisations, their partners, government
officials and the many friends of the Association. A guard of honour of children in their
national costumes greeted the Hon. Minister on arrival, who was welcomed by President
Mel Fialho. On the way in, the Minister stopped at every table to speak to the assembled
guests. The Minister commended the Association on its energy, commitment and
continued role as a leading multicultural organisation, and thanked the executive, staff and volunteers for the
time and energy put into organising the event.
The department of Health and Age Care (Federal) has announced that effective 1st July 2013, packaged care
will be known as Home Care Packages Level 1,2,3,4. Level 1 and 2 equates to former Community Aged Care
Packages (low and high care) Level 3 represents EACH and Level 4 is EACHD. Along with these changes, the
Department has also introduced a new service delivery system Consumer Directed Care, where the consumer
(client) has a greater say over the design and delivery of age care services.
As usual the majority of my time is spent applying for funding, seeking new programs and keeping up with
the changes brought in from time to time by funding bodies. For instance with the HACC program the Centre
Based program has been replaced by” Home from Home” which involves working with smaller groups and
the organisation of several outings. Funding has been sought for this program in our application for Growth
Funding.
Is there any Senior from among our members who would like to take over the Friday Seniors group and
revitalise it with recruiting new members and organising activities.
Contact me if you need help. Thank you, till next time.
Olga Ramasamy OAM
Chief Executive Officer
THE AUSTRALIAN ASIAN ASSOCIATION
Is happy to advice that we have engaged a Solicitor to provide Professional
Legal Advice and Counselling. The iniƟal consultaƟon will be free of
charge. RepresentaƟon in court can be provided at a subsidised rate.
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CONSULTATIONS
For further details and appointments
Please contact us on 9328 1160
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Days: Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Australian Asia Association of WA Inc
275 Stirling Street, Perth WA 6000
AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
April - July 2013
AAA YOUTH ACTIVITIES
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN
‘AAA YOUTH SOCCER
TOURNAMENT, 2013’
The Association has been keen to foster participation in sports activities as a Continuation of our efforts to conduct
sports activities for the benifit of our member groups. Our first attempt in September 2012 to organize a Soccer
tournament at Edinburgh Oval, Curtin University, was extremely successful. As a result we have been inundated with
requests to organize a Soccer Tournament during winter. We had discussions with the Inclusive Development Officer
of Football West, Gordon Duus, who has assured us that football west will support us in numerous ways. He was very
enthusiastic to be involved with the idea of working with the CALD communities and will promote the event as best as
possible.
This letter is therefore to seek EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST from our member groups wishing to participate in the
2nd AAA Soccer Tournament to be held on the weekends in September. It will consist of 8 or 16 teams with 9 a side.
The sports activities are focused on youth between 18 and 30 years. It is our plan to make the Cricket and Soccer
Tournament annual events, gradually expanding on the number of teams and participants.
We would be grateful if you can get back to us by 12th August 2013 if you
are willing to form a team. As the tournament is restricted to 8 or 16 team, we
need to accept the interested teams on a “first come, first serve” basis. More
information on venue, equipment and transport will be provided, when we hear
from you.
Thanking you in anticipation for your help and cooperation in this regard.
For further information, please contact Youth Coordinator - Yam K.C on
(08) 9328 1160 or [email protected]
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY @ AAA!!!
FREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE 2013
JUNE TO AUGUST
2.00pm TO 4.00pm
EVERY THURSDAY IN THE
COMMITTEE ROOM
(UPSTAIRS)
An intermediate course sufficient to attend an interview with
confidence, to access employment, and read and write.
Teacher: Miss Natalie Horsfield from England.
YAM KC - YOUTH COORDINATOR
Australian Asian Association, 275 Stirling Street Perth 6000
Email: [email protected] Tel: 08 9328 1160
www.aaawa.org.au/news.html
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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
AAA YOUTH CRICKET
TOURNAMENT
2013
On behalf of The Australian Asian Association
of WA Inc, I organised the ‘AAA Youth Cricket
Tournament 2013’ funded by the Department of
Communities of Western Australia. It was held on
Saturday, 23rd March 2013 at Forest Park, Mount
Lawley, in the City of Vincent, to coincide with
the National Youth Week 2013. The Chief Guest,
Hon. Stephen Smith, M.P. Defence Minister of The
Australian Federal Government conducted ‘Opening
Ceremony’ by Tossing the Coin at 9am for the first
to select teams NEPAL Vs Pakistan. He thanked
me and the Association for organising the event for
the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Youth as part of the Association’s activities. He
expressed a commitment to support sporting events
in the future. Other participating guests were, Hon.
Alannah Mac Tiernan, Mayor of the City of Vincent
and Neil Thomson, Chief Executive Director of
the Department of Sports and Recreation who
expressed their full support from the department
to inspire and encourage cricket players into main
stream sports activities.
The Forest Park Pavilion was full with players, their
friends, families and fans of Cricket, Community
representatives including guests from different
social organisations and government officials.
The atmosphere was quite emotive and full of
inspiration for the players. The communities
were cheering their own teams in a competitive
spirit. The participating teams were Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka.
The tournament was played in the knock-out format.
Utsab Thakuri of Nepal was awarded man of the
match for his 32 runs and 2 wickets. The VIPs were
impressed with all the teams. India and Sri-Lanka
became the finalists. India scored 63 runs which
were easily chased by Sri-Lanka with the loss of
2 wickets. Sri-Lanka won the tournament for the
2nd Year in succession. Sri-Lankan bowler, Justin
was awarded Player of the tournament for his
outstanding bowling attempt.
On behalf of the Organising Committee, I would like
to express my sincere gratitude to the Chief Guest
Hon. Stephen Smith, Ms Alannah Mac Tiernan, and
Neil Thomson for their presence and Coin Toss.
Similarly we extend our appreciation to diplomatic
representatives, members, ethnic communities and
government officials. In particular, we thank the six
teams, umpires and the cricket fans that contributed
to the success of the 2nd AAA Youth Cricket
Tournament.
Mr Yam K.C.
Youth Coordinator
Defence Minister Stephen Smith, AAA President Mel Fialho and AAA Youth Coordinator Yam K.C. with ABC. Club members
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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
April - July 2013
President Mel Fialho is iniƟaƟng the Opening Ceremony among the guests and players
Hon. Stephen Smith shaking hand with the
Indian Captain
Hon. Defence Minister Stephen Smith with
AAA President Mel Fialho and others
Pakistan Cricket Club members
Hon. Stephen Smith with the Indian
Team members
Nepal Perth Cricket Club (NPCC)
Hon. Stephen Smith, Neil Thomson, DR of DSR Vice President,
Rahim Ghauri with Pakistani Cricket Club members
Vice President Rahim Ghauri with
Umpires Ranjit Ratnayak, Andrew
and Tulsi Thapa (from right)
The Winning Team - Sri-Lanka!
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OUR COMMUNITIES NEWS
60 YEARS ANNIVERSARY!
From left: Mr. Zdenek Cihelka - Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Mrs. Jitka Smith – Director of the Czech school in
Perth, Mrs. Olga Goerke – Exibition coordinator, Mr. Jaroslav Kabelka – President of the Czech and Slovak Association in WA
Czech and Slovak Association of WA celebrated its 60 years anniversary of the Club.
The Club organised an Opening ceremony for a very big exhibition of art works, Bohemian
glasses, ceramics etc. Czech and Slovak Saturday School presented very informative stand
about their activities. The night finished with the traditional dinner style and dance.
The Australian Asian Association of WA is congratulating Czech and Slovak Community
of WA for the success of past SIXTY YEARS and wish them not to stop for their
achievements!!!
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OUR COMMUNITIES NEWS
April - July 2013
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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
Information session on the Beyond Gambling Project
An information session was arranged for the Pakistani community to create
an awareness on Gambling Problems and Addictions. This was arranged
on the 23rd February 13 at 6.00 pm at the main hall of the Australian Asian
Association at 275 Stirling Street Perth. This session was arranged with the
cooperation of APANAM – Pakistanis in Australia Inc. Mrs Zarrin Siddiqui
was instrumental in getting the Pakistani community together for this day.
We had over 30 participants at this session on that day and it was a very
interactive and informative. The feedback was good. The presentations
were done by Mrs Latha Raman and Richard Meggit from Centre Care.
IRANIAN TUESDAY GROUP
Iranian clients from
the HACC group
celebrated Iranian
new year in March.
HACC clients
enjoying Aqua
classes at the Beatty
Park Leisure Centre.
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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
April - July 2013
Australian Asian Association
Spring Ball
Saturday 12th October 2013
7.30pm - midnight
Venue: Australia Asia House
275 Stirling Street, Perth WA 6000
Cost: $30 - includes dinner and desserts
Strictly no BYO - Drinks at Club prices
Music provided by Jerry
Part proceeds to Charity
Mark this date on your calendar
For further information phone: (08) 9328 1160
heck our website www.aaawa.org.au
or check
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MEDIA RELEASE
MEMORABLE MOVIES IN MIDLAND
Midland Town Hall
Entry $5. Tea/coffee available.
Doors open at 9.15 am
Programme for the rest of 2013 is:
20 August
Jailhouse Rock (1957) with Elvis Presley
17 September
The Full Monty (1997)
15 October
The Student Prince (1954)
19 November
Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo
17 December
Genevieve (1953) (to be confirmed)
Parking permits are available for Centrepoint shopping
centre car park. Contact E. Flowerday on 9379 8153.
Road Trauma Support for West Australians
ICCWA will be establishing and coordinating a road
trauma support service for West Australians. Funded
through the Road Trauma Trust Fund, the service
will be offering statewide support and counselling
to anybody impacted by road trauma; including but
not limited to bereaved family members, friends and
colleagues, offenders, injured people and their carers,
drivers, passengers, witnesses and people first on
scene.
Deborah Costello CEO of ICCWA said “The ripple
effect of one road incident is overwhelming. One split
second of distraction, one simple mistake, one crash,
can impact dozens of people and their communities.
The trauma goes well beyond the tragic loss of life or
the physical disabilities.”
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“We are extremely proud to be coordinating and
bringing this service to our state, to not only support
our community, but also to educate. We believe road
safety is not just the responsibility of governments,
everyone needs to be responsible for their own safety
and the safety of all other road users.”
“Behind the statistics huge numbers of people can be
devastated by the trauma and many have taken this
awful journey alone or with little help.”
“This new service will exist to support people who
have been directly affected and to raise awareness in
the community on the long term consequences of road
trauma.”
MEDIA RELEASE
April - July 2013
2013 Influenza
Vaccination
Campaign
Western Australians are being encouraged
to take advantage of this year’s flu vaccine
in the lead up to the winter.
Communicable Disease Control Director
Dr Paul Armstrong said the vaccine would
offer protection against the strains that were
circulating in the northern hemisphere in
2012.
People who are particularly susceptible to
influenza include children aged 6 months
to 5 years, Aboriginal people aged 15
years and older, pregnant women, people
aged 65 years and older and those with
chronic medical conditions. These groups
are eligible for a free flu vaccine, available
from GPs, Aboriginal Medical Services
and community immunisation clinics.
(Attendance at some private clinics may
incur a fee.)
Symptoms of flu include fever, cough, sore
throat, headache, chills, muscle aches,
tiredness and vomiting. In severe cases,
it can result in complications such as
bronchitis and pneumonia and can lead to
hospitalisation—or even death.
Visit www.health.wa.gov.au/flu for more
information.
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MEDIA
RELEASE
AAA NEWS
AND ACTIVITIES
HEPATITISWA – OUR SERVICES TO CALD COMMUNITIES
In 2011, an estimated 209,000 people were living in
Australia with chronic hepatitis B and 226,700 people
were living in Australia with chronic hepatitis C. The
rate of liver cancer in Australia is expected to double
in the next decade and this is mainly attributable to
hepatitis B and C. In Australia, most of the people
with chronic hepatitis B were born overseas in
countries where hepatitis B is prevalent, such as
South East and Northern East Asia, the Middle
East and sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that
one third of people living in Australia with chronic
hepatitis B do not know that they have it.
HepatitisWA (Inc) is a non-profit, community-based
organisation committed to raising community
awareness in relation to viral hepatitis and assisting
in obtaining the best possible care and support for
people living with viral hepatitis.
Our Multicultural Services
Officer, Rosita D’Adamo,
works in collaboration with
CaLD services, CaLD
community groups and
health services to enhance
CaLD communities’
understanding of and
capacity to respond to viral hepatitis, particularly
hepatitis B. In February, Rosita provided information
sessions to each of Australian Asian Association’s
centre-based day care groups, generating some
interesting discussions.
At HepatitisWA, we provide the following services:
 A confidential information and support service
for people at risk of, affected by or living with
viral hepatitis. Information and support can
be provided via our telephone helpline or a
face to face appointment with our Support
Officer. Interpreters will be booked by us if
necessary.
 Regular peer support gatherings, for people
affected by hepatitis, covering a range
of topics including how to prevent the
transmission of hepatitis, living well and
treatment.
 A confidential clinic, every second
Wednesday, that does testing for viral
hepatitis and provides free vaccinations for
at-risk groups.
 Information and education workshops for the
general community and for targeted groups
such as culturally and linguistically diverse
(CaLD), youth and prisoners.
 Workshops aimed at workforces, customised
to the specific needs of the workplace.
 A comprehensive range of printed resources,
in a range of languages, available from our
premises and by post on order. We also
produce a newsletter which is circulated to
members and service providers on request.
If you would like to speak with our Multicultural
Services Officer about enhancing hepatitis
awareness and assistance to your community, please
phone Rosita on 9227 9802.
To make a call to our confidential Hepatitis Helpline,
please phone 9328 8538 (metropolitan callers) or
1800 800 070 (country callers).
Appointments with our Support Officer can be made
by phoning 9227 9806 or send an email to support@
hepatitiswa.com.au. Please tell us if you will need an
interpreter.
If you would like to read more about viral hepatitis, go
to our website at www.hepatitiswa.com.au or phone
us on 9328 8538 to order some printed resources.
MyJointPain.org
Arthritis Australia would like to announce the launch
of MyJointPain.org.au, a new website for people with
osteoarthritis (OA) or joint pain.
This easy-to-use, evidence-based resource provides
expert information, support, and some powerful tools to
manage this debilitating disease.
We invite you to access the website at
www.myjointpain.org.au
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and to inform your networks and friends.
MyJointPain.org.au was developed through a unique
partnership between Arthritis Australia and the Bupa
Health Foundation with input from a panel of medical
and scientific experts. The result is a user-friendly
website which provides tailored support for each
individual based on best practice care for osteoarthritis.
MEDIA
RELEASE
OUR COMMUNITIES
NEWS
April - July2012
2013
October - December
ICCWA 2013 COMMUNITY
SAFETY AWARDS NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
Have you been involved with a community project, research
project or program in community safety? Do you know one
of the many amazing people achieving great results in
Western Australia?
If you do, then we would like you to help us to recognise the
significant impact and important role these people have in
addressing community safety issues in our community.
The annual ICCWA Community Safety Awards in July will
showcase the excellent work being undertaken in WA.
We invite you to nominate an organisation or an individual
to recognise their commitment and positive contribution
towards community safety.
NEW!!! – New categories announced
Last year we introduced two separate categories for the
Outstanding Achievement in Community Safety Award –
one for Individual and one for Organisation/Program.
2013 will see another new award category for Local
Government. See the criteria for The Local Government
Achievement Award.
COMMUNITY SAFETY
MONTH PARTNERSHIPS
Partnership Opportunities: Community Safety Month 2013
This resource has been developed to encourage
organisations and community members to actively support
and become involved in Community Safety Month (CSM),
a WA community safety program held in October each
year.
CSM is coordinated by ICCWA in WA with guidance from
the the Community Safety Month Organising Commitee.
ICCWA currently receives no core funding to coordinate
CSM and relies heavily on small grants and community
support to keep the program sustainable.
This guide outlines the opportunities available for you to
support the month, whether this be financial, or through
in-kind support. ICCWA is also open to other contributions
and donations and encourage you to discuss these ideas
with us.
To enquire further about these opportunities or for more
information about the month please contact Elecia Wheat,
Community Engagement Coordinator at ICCWA on
(08) 9420 7212 or email [email protected]
Living Well A Free Program For
People Living With
Long -Term Health
Problems
Living Well - A free program for people
living with long term health conditions.
Fremantle Medicare Local’s new
service “Living Well” is an evidence
based, secondary intervention program
for people living with long term health
conditions that aims to improve quality
of life. The program is designed
to complement condition specific
education and other care management
plans. Workshops are delivered by
2 trained peer leaders and provides
participants with skills and strategies
to help them cope with physical and
emotional concerns resulting from their
condition.
Participants meet for 2.5 hours a week
for 6 weeks, and can enrol themselves.
Programs will be run from various
locations throughout the Fremantle
region including, Melville, Cockburn
and East Fremantle.
The workshops use strategies such
as goal setting, action plans and
modelling to focus on dealing with:
•
Difficult emotions, low mood
and depression
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Effective communication
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Breathing, relaxation and pain
and fatigue management
•
Healthy eating and physical activity
•
Medication management
•
Working with your Health
Professionals
For more information on this program
please contact Hebe Thomas at
[email protected]
08 9319 0555
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TERMS OF DECOMPOSITION
LITTER IN PHOTOS
EVERY TIME THROWING GARBAGE
ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER OR LAKE,
IN THE WOODS OR IN THE FIELD,
THINK ABOUT THESE FIGURES. YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN, OR EVEN GREATGRANDCHILDREN WILL ENJOY ALL
THESE PLEASURES AFTER YOU.
Animal dung - 1 is 15 days
Food waste - around 1 month
Cardboard boxes - within 3
months
Paper - 2 years
Wooden boards from the site - 11 - 13 years
up to 10 years
Iron cans - 10 years
Old shoes - 10 years
Fragments of brick and
concrete - 100 years
Around 100 years
Foil over 100 years
Electric batteries - 110 years
Rubber tyres - from 120 to
140 years
Plastic bottles - 180 to 200
years
Aluminum cans - 500 years
Glass - for over 1000 years
Newsprint - from 1 month to
1 season
The leaves, seeds and twigs 3 to 4 months