Waste-ED hosted a beach clean-up at Kalk Bay over the weekend and it was a massive success, over 60 people showed up and they collected over 50kgs in recyclables
Waste-ED develops zero waste management systems with schools, communities, businesses and events etc. They use the eco-brick as an educational tool and to build much-needed structures in and around SA.
Recently, they hosted a beach clean-up at Kalk Bay beach and invited the public to join in on the efforts. They collected an astounding amount of glass, just over 35kgs to be precise.
In just 3 hours, the group collected 35 kgs of glass, 7 kgs of recyclable plastic, 5 kgs of metal, 3 kgs of compostable materials and they filled five 5 litre bottles with non-recyclables.
Founder of Waste-ED, Candice Mostert has been personally stuffing non-recyclables into two-litre plastic bottles for over six years to make Ecobricks which are used in a wide variety of constructions from public benches with sea views to toilet blocks in disadvantaged areas.
“What is staggering is that you can fit the non-recyclable contents of two black rubbish bags into just one 2 litre plastic bottle,” Candice says,
“While the goal is, of course, to get to a total ban on single-use plastics and non-recyclables such as foil, cling-wrap, most sweet and biscuit wrappers, Ecobricks are currently a global solution to upcycling community waste.”
The efforts have paid off and the beach was thoroughly cleaned, top to bottom. You can see how they sorted through all the recyclables below.
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