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Ronnie recycler rewards top recycling SA Schools while saving the environment in annual schools competition

Details: Published: Monday, 16 May 2016 17:37

Nursery, primary and high schools in Johannesburg, Springs, Pretoria, Midrand, Durban, Richards Bay and Cape Town are encouraged to participate in order to win their share of R140 000* in prize money.

Mpact Recycling communications manager, Donna Noble, says, “All schools registered with our recycling programme and currently recycling with Mpact Recycling are eligible to enter the competition. Schools need to collect a minimum of eight tonnes (8000kgs) during the eight month period to qualify. Winning schools will be the ones which collect the most tonnes in their area.”

She adds, “Each of our seven regions of operation have a prize allocation of R20 000* and the schools collecting the most amount of paper in their area will receive a prize to the value of R10 000*. Government schools can identify what resource they need most and this will be donated as the prize. It could be anything from exercise books, to a photocopier or sports equipment. The green ambassador and green student at each winning school will be awarded R1 000 cash each. Schools coming in second will be rewarded cash or resources to the value of R 5 000* while those who come in third will receive cash or resources to the value of R 3 000*.”

Mpact Recycling supplies participating schools with a Ronnie paper bank or bags for easy collection and storage of recycled paper. The general community can also support schools in the competition by placing their paper in the igloo-shaped paper banks. Once these are full and ready for regular weekly or bi-weekly collections, the schools must log a request for collection.

The competition is a great initiative which provides an opportunity to teach children about the importance of recycling and the direct benefits which it has on our environment.

In addition, Mpact Recycling has the Ronnie Recycler campaign which sees the popular and friendly recycling mascot visit schools to educate the children on the importance of recycling as well as participating at school fun days and special events. This outreach effort to assist schools in environmental education saw 294 schools visited by Ronnie in 2015 and reached well over 143 000 learners. This programme makes successful inroads to assisting Mpact Recycling reduce waste going into landfills.

If you would like your school to become involved in the schools recycling programme you can visit the Mpact Recycling website www.mpactrecycling.co.za. Or call the toll-free number on 0800 022 112.