Abbotts College is saving the environment one eco-bricks at a time
NORTHCLIFF – The eco-bricks will be used to improve the senses of the residents at Logwood Village.
Abbotts College collected and donated a car full of eco-bricks to a home for the intellectually disabled.
Recycling has been a very big topic in 2019. People are starting to reflect on how they can contribute to recycling and make a difference for the environment. One of the easiest ways found to do such is the creation and collection of eco-bricks and the learners of Abbotts College wanted to show the world how it’s done. The school recently got their learners and staff together to donate a large amount of these bricks to Logwood Village in Muldersdrift.
The initiative which was organised by the school’s Melissa Massey and was extremely well received and carried out by the school. Massey addressed the school on the day of the hand-out and stated that they should take these lessons home with them. “I am hoping, that after this project, you have all learnt what plastic can do to the environment.”
Eco-bricks are plastic bottles that have been tightly packed with clean, dry, non-biodegradable waste such as food packaging. There are many uses for the bricks, one of which would be using them as building materials. The bricks collected by the learners will be used at Logwood Village as part of their new sensory garden. The bricks will provide the village with a very versatile, long-lasting, free resource that they will use to create a garden that will allow their residents to constantly use and improve their senses.
As the school collected these eco-bricks they continuously shared lessons on what plastic does to our environment and the challenges associated with them. Massey also added that the learners shouldn’t only focus on recycling for the sake of the project only but for future generations too. “I would like for all of you to be aware of what plastic is doing to our planet. You too will have children one day and if we don’t want them to live in a filthy world, we need to change things now.”
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