Beauty pageant finalist cares about recycling

Fourways resident and Mrs South Africa top 25 finalist, Rebekah van Rooyen-Krossynski, is set to teach the community about the benefits of recycling through Mpact Recycling.

“As one of the 25 finalists in the Mrs South Africa 2016 pageant, I cannot wait to take up the challenge to green the minds of the Fourways community and the youth ahead of Clean Up Week which will run from 12 to 17 September with Recycling Day being on 16 September,” said Van Rooyen-Krossynski.

Mpact recycling is one of the leading paper recycling in the country which educates consumers on the benefits of recycling. The company recently announced that they renewed its partnership with Mrs South Africa for the second consecutive year.

Managing director of Mrs South Africa, Joanie Johnson, explained that as part of the competition, the finalists are encouraged to help with community upliftment and development initiatives throughout the country. Raising funds and charity work is an important part of the contestant’s journey.

“Through the partnership with Mpact Recycling, our finalists are encouraged to focus on helping their communities to establish themselves in recycling, stimulating job creation around recycling, and educating their communities, schools and the youth on the importance of looking after the environment, whilst also enabling schools and communities to raise much-needed funds,” Johnson said.

Mpact Recycling managing director, John Hunt, said that their partnership with the pageant delivered great value last year, as the 25 finalists contributed to educating schoolchildren on the benefits of recycling and helped them to identify and include new communities and schools in their schools’ recycling project.

“This year, our campaign will include a socio-economic development element where the top 25 contestants will meet community leaders to identify needs in their areas, which Mpact will meet provided that the area’s recycling targets are met. The campaign objectives should fit neatly with Mpact’s own drive to create awareness in schools and communities about recycling,” Hunt said.

Last year, Mpact Recycling had 294 schools participating in its school recycling competition which reached 143 913 eager young pupils who made successful inroads in assisting with reducing waste going into landfills through a growing culture of reducing, reusing and recycling.

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