{"id":34545,"date":"2023-04-25T09:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/we-recycle-keep-your-paradise-clean\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T09:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:42:12","slug":"we-recycle-keep-your-paradise-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/we-recycle-keep-your-paradise-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"We-Recycle, keep your paradise clean!"},"content":{"rendered":"

St\u00e9phanie Jacquin is head of projects and operations at We-Recycle, an NGO launched in 2016 with the aim of promoting selective sorting on an island that is still heavily polluted.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

While the first sorting campaigns began six years ago with a simple pick-up truck, two vans (acquired in 2019 and 2022) now cover the adjacent districts of Rivi\u00e8re Noire and Savanne. With funding from Corporate Social Responsibility and organizations such as The Coca-Cola Foundation, We-Recycle is active on a daily basis, and to date has collected dozens of tons of plastic and cans! <\/p>\n

Once collected, recyclable waste follows a well-established circuit. Local companies transform flexible plastics into bags and sacks; rigid plastics into furniture and outdoor objects; cans into aluminum bars… as for PET bottles, they are sent to South Africa and converted into nylon and polyester for the textile industry. <\/p>\n

St\u00e9phanie insists on the fundamental aspect of complementary local training: “Put more emphasis on education and awareness-raising in schools, because we believe that good sorting habits with a view to recycling must be inculcated from an early age.” While she notes an increase in volumes collected in the Rivi\u00e8re Noire region and a reduction in non-recyclable waste in the sorting garbage cans, she acknowledges that “in the Savanne district, there’s still a lot of work to be done in terms of raising awareness”. Positive, St\u00e9phanie and her team are continuing to roll out collection points. <\/p>\n

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St\u00e9phanie Jacquin is head of projects and operations at We-Recycle, an NGO launched in 2016 with the aim of promoting selective sorting on an island that is still heavily polluted. While the first sorting campaigns began six years ago with a simple pick-up truck, two vans (acquired in 2019 and 2022) now cover the adjacent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1790],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-initiatives-en"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t