Mpact Recycling decided to spend the day impacting the young minds of North Riding Secondary School.
Mpact’s procurement representative, Adele Thompson was joined by Mankoana Nhlebela, who is a Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa finalist 2017, who held a talk at the school about the importance of the environment.
The recycling company is the leading paper recycler in South Africa and has partnered with Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa pageant, a woman empowerment movement, for the third consecutive year.
Nhlebela is a firm believer that responsibility to preserve our beautiful country lies in each of us as citizens of South Africa. She visited the school in support of National Clean-up and Recycling Week, in partnership with Mpact.
Through her talk, Mankoana highlighted to the children the potential that lies in each of them to become our future leaders in various spheres of society. However, also reiterated that this potential needed to be released into an environment that can nurture this potential.
“If we don’t preserve our environment now then we will not have sufficient land at the rate that our landfills are piling up. More so, with the worsening economic conditions, a lot of families depend on a collection of recyclables as alternative streams of income through formalised structures such as Mpact’s buy-back centres that support small businesses in recyclable material collection,” said Nhlebela
She added that recycling has been transformed from a worthy environmentally-focused activity into a fully-fledged business sector that provides jobs to thousands and in turn generates billions for the economy every year.
Nhlebela also announced that the child who collects the most recyclable material stands a chance to win an amazing prize, which the children were very excited about and pledged their commitment to the project.
Thompson spoke about the types of recyclables the children can bring, including paper from home to support the school.
“All of this paper is used in the manufacture of recycle-based paper and packaging. By recycling, they benefit the environment by diverting recyclable paper away from landfill sites.”
She concluded that the Ronnie Recycler programme allows schools and communities to raise funds, as the schools will get paid for their recyclables while teaching environmental awareness, responsibility and sustainability.
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