KwaDabeka community encouraged to recycle
With the landfill sites already full, the community was taught to sort out their waste and recycle.
IN an initiative to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover, the KwaDabeka community was taught the importance of sorting through their waste to find items that can be recycled.
Big Start, an accredited waste management company for environmental practice which works hand in hand with Durban Solid Waste, hosted a clean up in the area while educating residents on the importance of recycling.
Founder of Big Start, Thozeka Letuka said their mission is to adopt a spot and open a Buy Back Centre so that the community can be encouraged to recycle and clean up around them.
The New Germany eco warrior is on a mission to teach that not all waste needs to go to the landfill sites.
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“The project was also aimed at improving the health of people in KK section KwaDabeka to teach them how to minimize waste, recycle and make money out of it because not all waste goes to the landfills which are already full.
“This is to teach the community and children not to dump waste in an illegal way and to teach the community on how to sort waste or recycle waste,” said Letuka.
She explained that waste is toxic and it can cause problems to both humans and animals if not handled in a proper manner.
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“This event also aims to educate communities on the importance of illegal dumping and how to use correct ways to dispose waste, which has a detrimental and negative impact towards the environment.
“People are not informed that waste is a useful resource which they can use to put food on the table for their families.”
With so much unemployment and poverty, Letuka said people can recycle waste such as papers and plastic to benefit them and the environment.
“It is so sad that lots of the plastics end up in the river which end up being consumed by marine species and it is not good for them,” said Letuka.
During the clean up, more than 100 bags with recyclable waste was sorted and sold to Parks Recycling who were part of the campaign.
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