Pupils are given a lead over their recycling habits in the countryside of Mpumalanga and the Free State thanks to an eco-education boost in the area that teaches them how to keep their natural environments:
South Africa (09 March 2025) – – Because many adults lean in recycling habits after years of not knowing better, the focus is on the next generation to ensure that these young people have a steady eco-education of tender ages.
A recent and welcome boost in this Education Niche comes from parts of national Mpumalanga and De Vrije Staat thanks to a collaboration between Education Non-profit The Good Work Foundation (GWF) and public benefit organization Vezelcirkel.
The recycling project will be launched in HazyView in February and gives young students and employees a practical means to cherish their recycling habits.
Waste bins and other materials needed to start waste separation are divided over six GWF campuses, where waste is collected for recycling. In the same breath, discounts will serve as incentives for staff who double as the directors of the initiative!
Because most GWF campuses border on the Kruger National Park, the ECO knowledge that will bloom as a result of the recycling habit project becomes all the more important.
As the head of GWF of the campus operations, Musa Mokoena says:
“We have found that there is very little consistent environmental education at home or at school in the areas where we are active. For that reason we were looking for a project that would leave a positive footprint on the environment and our employees, students and students would learn about waste correctly,” she says.
Musa adds: “It is really exciting to see how people already change and act the way they think when it comes to separating waste.”
Induction sessions will also be rolled out in the network of the charity of 29 public primary schools, as well as the secondary schools with which it works.
Musa shares that the local schools are very enthusiastic about the initiative and are planning to use the discounts they receive from recycling waste to help their schools with things like make -overs and food projects for student.
“They not only do the right one by filling the bins with recyclable waste – they also stick the rewards. They see that there are opportunities for entrepreneurship and generating income in the space of the green economy.”
Says Ally Hlatshwayo, who has provided the garden on GWF’s Huntington Digital Learning Campus since 2017:
“I am enthusiastic about this recycling project because it will create jobs, and it will help us keep our campus, schools and community clean and healthy. I learn new things, because I was not aware that we can recycle our paper, glass and plastic. So we are not going to dump or burn waste – we are going to recycle it.”
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