SUPPORTING a local charity organisation has never been this easy – all you have to do is recycle.
MES Kempton Park on June 4 launched an innovative recycling project, with support from Blue Gill Estate, the Dutch Reformed Church Kempton-Kruin, WastePlan, Airport Steel and Ekurhuleni.
The project is aimed at creating sustainable jobs for the homeless, in addition to the various environmental benefits associated with recycling.
“The intention is to encourage the public and various community groups such as security estates, churches and schools to assist with the separation of recyclable materials. The recyclable material will then be collected and transported to a central facility where needy people at MES will undertake the necessary sorting. The sorted material will then be sold to generate income to assist MES in providing for the needs of homeless people in Kempton,” Aloma Swanepoel, who does the PR and resource development at MES Kempton Park, said.
In order to raise awareness about the project, MES held an awareness campaign at Blue Gill Estate, where the residents of the estate already have their own recycling initiative called the Blue Gill Community Recycling Project, which was started eight years ago.
During the campaign on Saturday, recyclable goods and material was collected from the estate’s residents.
A competition was also held where gift vouchers were awarded to people who had the most creative ideas for how recyclable material can be used to create either art, clothes or something that can be used in the home.
Anyone who is interested in supporting this worthy initiative can contact Swanepoel on 011-024-4580 or visit the website at www.mes.org.za.
Support is mainly required with establishment of infrastructure at the sorting facility, as well as establishment of more collection points, such as security estates, churches and schools.
Support is also required with transport of recyclable material between the collection points and the MES sorting area.
