ENTER NOW! Top recycling schools to be rewarded
Mpact Recycling recently opened entries to its annual school’s competition which runs to September this year.
Mpact Recycling through its Ronnie Recycler programme has been instilling a culture of recycling, by educating learners about environmental awareness while enabling schools to raise funds, for a number of years now.
All nursery, primary and high schools are invited to participate in the competition, in order to win their share of R140 000 in prize money.
“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 (8 000kg) during the eight month period to qualify,” said Mpact Recycling communications manager Donna Noble.
“Winning schools will be those that will collect the most tonnes in their area.”
Each of the 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 which 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 R5 000, while those who come in third will receive cash or resources to the value of R3 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 participating 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’s Ronnie Recycler campaign 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, reaching well over 143 000 learners.
If you would like your school to become involved in the schools recycling programme, you can visit the Mpact Recycling website on www.mpactrecycling.co.za, or call the toll-free number, 0800 022 112.
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