TZANEEN: Going green – hands and all
The paper bags decorated by the children will be available to be used in-store at the Sasol Garage on the R71 during the festive season.
Learners from Manorvlei Primary School and Loretto Combined School in Tzaneen had a blast getting covered in paint on Friday, all for a good cause.
Sasol Tzaneen (R71) and Blue Label Distribution joined together to raise awareness about plastic pollution.
Sasol Tzaneen has totally discontinued the use of plastic bags at the pay points and only offers recyclable paper bags. Earlier this year, foundation phase pupils from Unicorn Primary School had the opportunity to personally decorate brown paper bags with sponsored paint and crafts. These decorative paper bags were given out to the first 500 lucky customers in-store.
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On Friday, another 500 paper bags were decorated, but this time, the children from Manorvlei Primary School and Loretto Combined School got to share their artistic talents.
The paper bags decorated by the children will be available to be used in-store at the Sasol Garage on the R71 during the festive season.
The learners were so excited to be involved with such a creative project and revelled in getting their hands covered in paint in order to create their masterpieces. Many of the children personalised their bags with their names, so be sure to keep an eye out for a name when you purchase your paper bag at Sasol.
The unique project has been launched to promote awareness about the discontinuing of single-use plastic bags, and encouraging others to also empower their local community and schools in exciting and positive ways.
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All of the art materials were sponsored by Blue Label Distribution and further stationery donations will be made available to the schools in the new year.
The staff from Sasol Tzaneen that assisted at the schools were Alida Van Rooyen, Lizandra Viviers, Cordi Botha and Silas Mahlo. From Blue Label Distribution, staff including Bradford Pretorius, David Maeko, Lefa Madiba, Wilhemina Moima, Bella Jonker and Dave Davids helped the learners get creative.
This project is another small step being made by environmentally conscious businesses in Tzaneen. This comes after many restaurants and food outlets in town are changing over to biodegradable alternatives of straws and take-away packaging instead of single-use plastics.
