Community take part in recycling workshop in Meadowlands
The aim of the workshop was to educate waste pickers about the kind of waste material they should start collecting to generate more money and make a living.
Councillor Vhengani Munyayi joined by his co-workers in the community held a recycling workshop at Meadowlands Zone 2 Park on May 9.
The aim of the workshop was to educate waste pickers about the kind of waste material they should start collecting to generate more money and make a living.
It was also to impart information that will help them generate more money than before, encourage them to practice the working together method, and also hand over recycling bulk bags to waste pickers.
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Zwelithini Sono from the Waste Collection Community Association (WCCA) was the guest speaker for the day.
He spoke on how recycling can be a way of living and be profitable if only the community waste pickers can work together as a team, he encouraged oneness.
“If you work together as one team, you will start increasing the value of what you have accumulated. It’s only when you have a higher weight that you can get enough money,” said Sono.
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Another workshop will be hosted in June on a date that is yet to be confirmed where there is a possibility of interacting with sponsors that are willing to buy the collected materials by waste pickers of Meadowlands and surrounding communities.
Training on how to run the waste-picking business will also be provided on the day of the upcoming workshop.
Leeba Nkoane educated residents who were part of the event about climate change and how different gases within the spaces people live in have different roles.
He also mentioned that once the gas becomes carbon dioxide, it becomes dangerous to human beings and how people can reduce it.
This includes planting more trees and using less fuel that pollute the air.
“Waste is a business and until we understand the magnitude of the business we are doing, only then we can grow stronger as a community,” Nkoana said.
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Councillor Munyayi in closing handed out recycling bags and safety kits (face mask, hand gloves, and safety goggles) to the waste pickers in attendance.
Waste pickers were also reminded to never forget the reuse, reduce, and recycle method.
“Waste picking is not just cleaning the community we live in but also a business in which we make money through,” Munyayi said.
