Demographic profile

Buyisa-e-Bag succces stories

Current Performance YTD

A total of 291 schools in all regions have financially benefitted from Buyisa-e-Bag recycling awareness and educational initiatives. The average number of learners per school is 800 meaning that 232 800 pupils have been engaged by Buyisa-e-Bag as part of the schools education programme.  

A total of 170 unemployed youth have been engaged through Buyisa-e-Bag Youth Empowerment Initiatives as an enabling mechanism to have them set up recycling co-operatives in their communities.

A total number of 15 000 people have been involved in clean up campaigns and over 18 000 bags of refuse collected.

Future Planned Projects – 2011/2012

8 Buy-Back Centres planned to be built in:

·         Lebowakgomo, Limpopo

·         Vryburg, North West

·         Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga

·         Attridgeville, Gauteng

·         Mamelodi, Gauteng

·         Heidelburg, Gauteng

·         Secunda, Mpumalanga

·         Maletswai, Eastern Cape

Each Buy-Back Centre employs 15 permanent staff members, and 30 casuals.

·         External Recycling centres supported by Buyisa-e-Bag

Plan to support 9

Each recycling centre employs 15 permanent staff members and 30 casuals, with the exception of Ashton Recycling Centre (Western Cape), which has 24 permanent employees and 15 casuals.

·         Youth Empowerment Initiatives

Plan to have 8 in the following provinces:

Free State–1

Northern Cape– 1

Eastern Cape– 2

Kwa-Zulu Natal – 1

Western Cape– 1

Limpopo– 2

Each initiative invites 40 to 60 unemployed youth over 3 day programme.

Clean-up Campaigns

Plan to have 20 Clean-Ups

Each Clean-Up campaign attracts 300 to 500 people from the community at large.

Schools Education  Programme

Plan to support the following schools in the provinces listed below:

Free State– 15

Eastern Cape– 256

Kwa-Zulu Natal – 20

Western Cape– 20

Gauteng– 20

Limpopo–15

Each school has an average number of 800 learners.

Green Ambassador Programme

Plan to run a pilot project in 15 schools in Gauteng, with an average number of 800 learners per school.

Launches

Buy-Back Centres already built:

• Phokeng, North West
• Oriental Plaza, Eastern Cape
• St Lucia, Kwa-Zulu Natal (This will benefit MK Veterans and the Youth)

Each Buy-Back Centre is to employ 15 permanent staff members and 30 casuals.

• Materials Recovery Facility

• Mooi Mpofana, Kwa-Zulu Natal will create 10 permanent jobs and 40 casuals.