​​​Project Paplet began in Malaysia as a paper recycling campaign aiming to take once-used paper and turn it into recycled notebooks for children in need. In Malaysia, this team recently set the record for ‘The Most Number of Booklets Made from Recycled Papers’ in the Malaysia Book of Records. Through this program, this project has reused more than 2,500lb of paper and made 10,114 booklets to be used as notebooks for orphanages and NGOs. For this stage, this team hopes to make a minimum of 100 Paplets to be donated to underprivileged schools and UNICEF. This project aims to educate the public on the social impact that recycling can have on the community. It also aims to increase awareness on the uses of recycled paper beyond its traditional applications. Currently, all waste paper from the university campus is sent to the recycling center on St Mary’s Street. According to the manager of the facility, the waste paper is sent to a recycling facility off campus where the paper is turned into mulch, and then processed into other products. However, after visiting the facility to collect paper, this team found that most of the paper discarded are one-sided and could have been reused instead of recycled. As reusing paper undoubtedly requires less energy than recycling, taking the waste paper from the facility and collecting it from around campus can reduce the amount of paper going to landfills besides reducing the amount of energy expended in reprocessing the paper.

​The process of making the Paplets will begin with the sorting paper into piles of 20 sheets each. The paper will bound together using plastic ring binders. The cover of the project will be made from cardstock with the logo of Project Paplet, SWE, and all other related organizations printed on it. Volunteers will then be able to decorate the notebooks as they like. The $200 requested will be used to purchase the ring binders, binding machines, and miscellaneous decorations, as well cover the printing cost for the logos. ​