September is known as Recycling Month in a bid to increase awareness by educating the community on the social, environmental and economic benefits of recycling.
By addressing recycling at school level and teaching children from a young age that they can make a difference to their environment, Mpact Recycling is shaping an important culture of recycling in this country and preserving resources for future generations.
“Paper can be both reused and recycled. By using every sheet on both sides, using the reverse side as scrap paper or for making copies, a school’s paper cost could be reduced considerably. Other paper-based materials such as juice and milk cartons from the tuck shop also add up, making carton recycling a smart addition to any school’s recycling programme and a great way to keep cartons out of landfills,” said Donna Noble, communications manager, Mpact Recycling.
To encourage recycling and awareness at schools, Mpact’s partnership with the Mrs South Africa Pageant sees contestants reminding children that the more the country recycles, the more the environment is protected.
Noble said, “The partnership with the Mrs South Africa Pageant delivered great value in 2015. Annually the top 25 finalists are requested to educate school children on the benefits of recycling and to help us identify and include new communities and schools in the schools’ recycling project,” she explained.
Mpact Recycling has more than 2 000 paper banks located countrywide at schools and communities who recycle on a regular basis. Last year, Mpact’s mascot, Ronnie Recycler, visited 294 schools with the recycling message reaching over 143 000 pupils.
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Programmes such as these help Mpact Recycling reduce waste going into landfills through a growing culture of reducing, reusing and recycling.
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