{"id":215609,"date":"2019-08-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215609\/a-country-free-of-litter-starts-with-you\/"},"modified":"2019-08-23T17:03:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:03:07","slug":"a-country-free-of-litter-starts-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/23\/a-country-free-of-litter-starts-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A country free of litter starts with you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa\u2019s (CCBSA) flagship Schools Recycling Programme, which first piloted in 2010, presented its first class of entrepreneurs in the green economy at Coca-Cola Bedfordview on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Graduates completed the programme through the Enterprise Development Programme managed by Tushiyah, a small and medium enterprises (SME) training provider.<\/p>

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The aim of the programme is to provide business development support to small and medium enterprises, by equipping them with skills that will help them run sustainable businesses in the long term.<\/p>\n

This group of 13 entrepreneurs play a critical role in collecting waste from schools, and have implemented a collection rhythm in the schools and supply weekly reporting of data.<\/p>

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Pheello Mbele, Happiness Lubisi, Austin Masilela, Madiaifani Tshigoda and Deidre Nxumalo Freeman are five of the 13 entrepreneurs who took part in the Schools Recycling Programme by Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa and Tushiyah, in efforts to equip them with skills that will help them run sustainable businesses and rid South Africa of waste.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They further assist with the motivation of schools, encouraging learners and communities to reduce waste through recycling and the distribution of infrastructure to schools.<\/p>\n

Chief director of Integrated Waste Management and from the Department of Environmental Affairs Mamogala Musekene attended the event and described it as the perfect initiative to respond to President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s call to do one Good Green Deed a day to create a cleaner South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWaste poses a risk to the environment and human health if it is not managed responsibly,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

\u201cAs stakeholders in the government, community and private sector we need to ensure sound management of waste to manage this threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thato Khuele, regional public affairs coordinator at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA), welcomed guests and graduates to the flagship Schools Recycling Programme graduation ceremony at Coca-Cola Bedfordview on Wednesday, with an inspiring overview of CCBSA and its vision to create a world without waste by 2030.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mamogala said if everyone joined hands in the protection of the environment, the Good Green Deed would be an ongoing initiative helping to keep our surroundings free of litter and we could eliminate illegal dumping.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs government we want to have contributed to 300 000 jobs by 2024, as the high unemployment rate and economic stagnation are key problems in our country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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