Donate your waste plastic to help our owls
Residents can purchase a large plastic recycling bag for R199, delivered to your door for free.
Owl Rescue Centre, a registered non-profit rehabilitation facility concerned with the well-being of all owl species in southern Africa, has come up with a genius use for recycled plastic that benefits the birds as well as raises funds for a much-needed cause.
The organisation’s founders, Brendan and Danelle Murray, decided that moving forward, all Owl Rescue Centre conservation products, including owl houses, bat houses and beehives would be manufactured from recycled plastic instead of wood.
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Says Brendan: “This year we decided to implement a new and groundbreaking approach to environmental management, giving special attention and focus to plastic waste.
“This project will extend to an ocean clean up mission and the acquisition of a sea-going vessel is on the agenda. We aim to recycle 600 tons of plastic a year, making this a feasible environmental project.”
To this end, the Murrays have started a scheme whereby members of the public can purchase a large plastic recycling bag for R199, delivered to your door for free and, when the bag is full, send a WhatsApp for free collection and a replacement bag.
Says Murray: “Plastic waste affects all the world’s oceans and seas and very little effort is currently applied to this matter in South Africa. With a believed 8.8 million metric tons of plastic waste that are dumped in oceans each year, widespread harm is caused to the marine environment.
“This is our project to try and reduce plastic waste and we hope the public will support us as it will not only go some way towards helping our precious environment but at the same time, it provides housing for our rehabilitated owls.”
To purchase an Owl Rescue Centre recycling bag, email info@owlrescuecentre.org.za or go to www.owlrescuecentre.org.za/Our-Projects/
