J Bay Recycling Project

General information

A community based project where
children are encouraged to collect, sort and deliver “recyclable junk” to a central point and exchange it for tokens.
They can then use the tokens to “shop” in an associated shop for toiletries, food, clothing, school supplies and books.
The materials collected are sold to a local recycler. Money earned this way, pays for about 30 percent of stock in the shop.
Local businesses and individuals are invited to contribute by way of donations for the shop stock.

The benefits from this project are numerous; it cleans up our environment, empowers the kids to get what they need by using what is available, teaches the children to look at rubbish in a different way, the value of recycling, shopping and counting skills and deliver much needed support in a value for value concept rather than old fashioned hand-outs.