7 unconventional and creative ways to recycle

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Recently I visited a small town outside Cape Town called Hermanus. The town thrives during the holiday season and is well known for its whale watching. The reason for the visit was because a colleague is conducting a sustainable waste management lecture and needed some working examples of good recycling initiatives.

She came across the Swop-Shop. This initiative encourages children from the informal settlement to recycle by rewarding them points, which at the end of the day they can trade-in for items of basic needs, toiletries, clothes and such.

I find this to be a very good strategy, as it teaches the young their responsibility of keeping there environment clean as w...

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Recently I visited a small town outside Cape Town called Hermanus. The town thrives during the holiday season and is well known for its whale watching. The reason for the visit was because a colleague is conducting a sustainable waste management lecture and needed some working examples of good recycling initiatives.

She came across the Swop-Shop. This initiative encourages children from the informal settlement to recycle by rewarding them points, which at the end of the day they can trade-in for items of basic needs, toiletries, clothes and such.

I find this to be a very good strategy, as it teaches the young their responsibility of keeping there environment clean as well as economic management.

If interested, more info is supplied here: http://www.swop-shop.za.net/index.html