Student complexes go green
OppiKampus, which manages various private student housing facilities in Potchefstroom, has recently announced on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that it is embarking on an environmental drive as it wants to help reduce waste in the city.
OppiKampus has placed recycling bins behind its offices at the Fairview, The Oaks, and Sofia complexes and sent 158 SMSs to students across these blocks to inform them about the availability of the bins.
Sofia is a complex for female students in Molen Street on the Bult near the campus of North-West University, designed particularly for private individuals. The Oaks is a male and female residence in Steve Biko Street, also near the campus.
“It is a new thing for OppiKampus. We noted that many students were asking questions about recycling, so we identified the need and started this initiative,” said Jaques Kotze, operational manager of OppiKampus.
“So far, waste is being minimised, and the project is progressing well,” he added.
“The litter is collected every day, and the residents do not need to sort the litter because of the recycling bins. We are beginning to enjoy this journey of collecting waste”, said Kotze.
From September, all Oppikampus student apartments have four recycling bins, each with its unique purpose: paper and boxes, glass, plastics, and tins and cans.
Most of the tenants have shown interest and quickly took a step forward by filling up the recycling bins behind Oppikampus offices with plastic bottles.
A second-year sports coaching and human movement sciences student Abigail Dukhi (19) mentioned that not everyone is recycling yet.
“Not everyone takes the time to recycle and put materials in the proper bins. Not everyone throws rubbish in the bins and not everyone knows about recycling.
But to some extent people are more than willing to recycle and take action in helping make the world a better place environmentally, said Dukhi.
Dukhi who is also a resident at Sofia, further said that “recycling is something small but has a huge impact on the environment. It is something easy that everyone can take part in to make a difference, especially students in their residences”, she said. – Lerato Mamabolo, Constance Moholo, Tshepo Mogotlhe and Dylan Isherwood.
What a nice story, it’s not everyday that we hear about recycling. This is informative and convenient to students.
Well done!
This is a great initiative and it should continue
This is a great initiative, one that should be rolled out in many areas. Every journey is started by a mere one step.
What a nice article and initiative. Your topics are always interesting and educational.
Wow! Not everyone gets to shed light on the issues of recycling.This was very informative!
Lerato Mamabolo’s articles are always so interesting to read, great writer. Looking forward to more articles by her.
Thank you so much Success, I was working together with Constance, Dylan, and Tshepo. Thank you for showing interest in our articles.🙏🙏
This is a great initiative that has a huge impact on the world at large as environmentalist are pleading with the people to please try and use the three Rs (reuse reduce and recycle). I hope this story reach out to other institutions and relevant organisations to spread how we can best combat environmental pollution. A short and informative article that hits straight to the point.
Happy to see more people take part in healing the earth
I really enjoyed reading this article.
This was very informative and worth reading…we need to more articles of this nature…. we need to take care of our enviroment!!
This is a great initiative. I also didn’t know that there is such around potchefstroom residence. This was informative.
Articulate and well written. This was really informative and great to read.
Is a very good initiative and the awareness will encourage other students accommodation to join and take part also, good story and helpful information, well done.
It is a good thing to see big organisation contribute in healing the world and encouraging people to be involved. This is a big inspiration to other student accommodations, big up to you OppiKampus.
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This is one initiative that needs to be kept alive. Alot of people can grasp something from this initiative. I’m impressed and motivated. Great initiative.
This is a good story. Just like OppiKampus I wish other organizations can be involved in such project because it is good for the ecosystem.
What an interesting article💯Keep it up guys👍🏾🙌🏾