Elkanah House has set the example of collecting recyclable waste for a good cause, the school has officially reached the 1 million kilogram mark!
Elkanah House started collecting recyclable waste in 2010, they became one of the first schools to set up a recycling project with the goal of reaching 1 million kilograms of recyclable waste.
The school has been receiving on average about 4000kgs of recyclable goods every week since they started the project. They have been using the money raised from the goods to help fund the Recycle Swop Shop, an outreach initiative in Dunoon.
“Your extraordinary contribution has not only helped to clean up Dunoon, our neighbouring community but it has also students and residents who bring or sort the recyclable waste an opportunity to collect tokens, which they can use to purchase much needed basic items from the Recycle Swop Shop. Thank you Elkanah House.” – Riaan van der Westhuysen, a representative from the Recycle Swop
They celebrated reaching 1 million kilo’s by inviting the entire school, from grade 1 to 12, to celebrate by bringing one bag of recyclable waste and a bottle of ‘grey water’ to the party. They were addressed by Riaan van der Westhuysen, who thanked them all for their hard work.
The grey water is part of a new project to water the high school gardens, as part of their Water Wise@Elkanah initiative which was launched in February, in response to the water crisis in the Western Cape.
“If there was ever a day the unique Elkanah House “gees” was felt, it was today when just over 1000 pupils, aged 7 to 17 stood together to form the 1000 000 on our high school field to symbolise this extraordinary achievement, ending off with the Elkanah House war cry as the grand finale. Elkanah House is committed to this project and will not stop at 1000 000kgs….”
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