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KIDS CORNER RECYCLING
IT’S SCHOOLS RECYCLING COMPETITION TIME By Donna-Mari Noble, Mpact Recycling
Mpact Recycling is looking for schools & communities to join its Ronnie Recycler programme in 2021, following what can only be described as a difficult year for most individuals, schools and communities. Further to this and building on the success of its Schools Recycling Competition around the country for the last six years, Mpact Recycling honours schools that have exhibited the greatest commitment to the initiative and increased their paper recycling figures significantly every year. Mpact Recycling communication manager, Donna-Mari Noble, says the competition, which runs from March to November every year, encourages nursery schools, primary schools and high schools in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape to collect as much recyclable paper, cardboard, cartons and packaging as possible.
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“The schools are paid per tonne collected by Mpact Recycling, which they can then use to fund various school initiatives such as creating vegetable gardens, painting classrooms or buying books. This is over and above the prizes received from Mpact Recycling and their stationery partner, Butterfly Products.” But why get your child and their school involved? Recycling starts from a young age and the youth know already what is good and bad for their environment. Over and above that it's a chance for your school to raise funds and get some great prizes for the school; all while doing your bit for the environment. “Did you know that in South Africa we sit with a crisis where our landfills are fast running out of space? Whilst recycling won't solve this problem completely, it will reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. This could rather go
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