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    Cape Town November 15 Monthly Achievement

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    The document discusses the construction of a greenhouse at Ikhayalethemba using over 1500 recycled plastic bottles. Volunteers collected and washed the bottles, then built the greenhouse structure. The greenhouse will be used to grow vegetables for local children and sell produce to the community. Planting trees is also planned to help the environment. The project aims to raise awareness about recycling and reducing plastic waste.

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    The document discusses the construction of a greenhouse at Ikhayalethemba using over 1500 recycled plastic bottles. Volunteers collected and washed the bottles, then built the greenhouse structure. The greenhouse will be used to grow vegetables for local children and sell produce to the community. Planting trees is also planned to help the environment. The project aims to raise awareness about recycling and reducing plastic waste.

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    The document discusses the construction of a greenhouse at Ikhayalethemba using over 1500 recycled plastic bottles. Volunteers collected and washed the bottles, then built the greenhouse structure. The greenhouse will be used to grow vegetables for local children and sell produce to the community. Planting trees is also planned to help the environment. The project aims to raise awareness about recycling and reducing plastic waste.

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    Nov

    2015
    Cape Town hub

    Greenhouse at Ikhayalethemba made from plastic bottles

    Objectives

    Raise environmental awareness and reduce our carbon footprint
    Raise awareness of recycling and reuse

    Summary
    Almost every hour, nearly 250,000 plastic bottles are dumped. Plastic bottles constitute close to 50% of recyclable
    waste in the dumps. The average time taken by plastic bottles to decompose in a landfill is close to 700 years. Plastic not
    only adds to landfill space and takes forever to decompose. Used plastic dumped in the sea kills and destroys seal life at
    an estimated 100,000 sea creatures per year.

    Report

    This month with the help of an eager Construction volunteer we began building a greenhouse at Ikhayalethemba.

    A huge part of the task of this was to collect over 1500 used 2 litre plastic bottles for the project. We set up collection
    stations in our local community and also at our Education sites including the primary school. We displayed posters to
    raise awareness about the project and the importance of recycling. It was great to see the response and get so many
    people involved with this big task. With everybodys contributions in just a few weeks we had collected enough plastic
    bottles to create our Greenhouse.

    As the bottles came in they needed to be washed and prepared. Our volunteers had a bottle washing night each week
    which became a fun social occasion. We even put the bottle tops to good use and made sensory toys for the children
    with special needs

    Upon completion of the Greenhouse we plan to work with local partners to grow vegetables to supply the children.
    Local partners will also be able to sell some of the produce to the community. We plan to have lessons with the
    Children who can experience the satisfaction that comes with caring for something over time and also a great way to
    teach environmental awareness.

    We also plan to plant trees at Ikhayalethemba in the near future. Trees are an efficient way to help the environment.
    Not only do they provide shade and oxygen, but they consume CO2 at the same time.


    Summary
    Recycling is an important component of protecting the environment and helping conserve resources and energy,
    Preserves valuable landfill space and supports a healthy environment. Recycling is an easy way to protect our
    Environment and ensure the wellbeing of our Community for generations to come. The success of recycling depends of
    the active participation of every member of the community.

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