{"id":51239,"date":"2021-03-04T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T07:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/kouga-cleans-up-with-green-project-20210303-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:25:24","slug":"kouga-cleans-up-with-green-project-20210303-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/kouga-cleans-up-with-green-project-20210303-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kouga cleans up with green project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_83422983\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11010\/c5e38ed554f747368134d9843cff930a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11010\/9214783b4df3421c836a6f7036b76351.jpg\" title=\"The Kouga Municipality has stepped up their environmental conservation efforts by launching its first Waste Management and Recycling Programme at KwaNomzamo in Humansdorp on Tuesday, March 2. As part of the project, trees were handed over to Mzingizi Primary School in KwaNomzamo, Humansdorp. Pictured are (from left) Maru CEO, Joyline Josamu, Kouga Waste and Environmental Management manager, Christa Venter, principal Fesiwe Sibeko, director of forestry in the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Gwendolene Sgwabi, and Ward 6 Councillor, Lefty Vumazonke.Photo:SUPPLIED\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Kouga Municipality has stepped up their environmental conservation efforts by launching its first Waste Management and Recycling Programme at KwaNomzamo in Humansdorp on Tuesday, March 2. As part of the project, trees were handed over to Mzingizi Primary School in KwaNomzamo, Humansdorp. Pictured are (from left) Maru CEO, Joyline Josamu, Kouga Waste and Environmental Management manager, Christa Venter, principal Fesiwe Sibeko, director of forestry in the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Gwendolene Sgwabi, and Ward 6 Councillor, Lefty Vumazonke.Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KOUGA residents are turning waste into worth in an exciting new project aimed at eradicating waste in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The municipality has stepped up its environmental conservation efforts by launching its first waste management and recycling programme, at KwaNomzamo in Humansdorp, on Tuesday, March 2. They have partnered with Maru Ciberconnect, as well as Chisomo Incubation Hub, National Lotteries Commission and the national Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhase one of the programme will initially employ 20 women from three wards to work for three months, getting a stipend from Maru,\u201d said community services portfolio councillor, Daniel Benson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recruited friends of the environment, who were trained on sustainable waste management and recycling, as well as community-based education and effective communication, will pick up waste (now seen as a valuable resource after the training) within their wards. They will, furthermore, embark on door-to-door education and awareness campaigns with the focus on sustainable waste management and recycling. Special recycling bags for the separation of waste at residents\u2019 homes will also be distributed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kouga Municipality will assist in collecting the recyclables and transport them to an allocated site for further sorting and bailing, where possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo determine the effectiveness of the programme, the current amount of waste ending up at the specific landfill site will be monitored and compared monthly to see the impact,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>With assistance from Maru, the participants will sell the recyclables to assure the sustainability of the programme beyond the three months.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities linked to the programme include the planting of trees, as well as river and coastal cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, the national Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has donated 500 trees, which will be planted across the region \u2013 of which the first were handed over to Mzingizi Primary School, in KwaNomzamo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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