Seychelles Waste Free Campaign

Ministries, parastatals urged to pitch in

All ministries, government departments and parastatals organizations are being urged to play their part in a cleaner and waste free Seychelles by recycling all their waste paper from the office.

This can be done by shredding and packing all waste paper in a separate container which will then be collected by the Navin’s Paper Recycling Company for recycling.

In a circular memo sent to all ministries and parastatals, the Minister for Environment, Natural Resources & Transport, Joel Morgan, said that the move stems from a decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on July 18, 2007 that all government departments and parastatal organizations should engage in the Seychelles Waste Free Campaign by initiating a waste paper collection programme for recycling within their respective organizations.

The memo says that the Environment Department as well as organizations have already started supplying the company with all their waste paper.

It adds that ministries and parastatals can contact Jason Jacqueline on telephone number 722320 for further guidance in the setting up of collection points and best practices in storage of waste paper.

Mr. Jacqueline is working in close collaboration with the company to facilitate the process on behalf of the Environment department.

The above article appeared in the Seychelles Nation on Monday, 13/08/07; we have published it in full exactly as it appeared in the country’s only daily newspaper because this publication, Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly, and all who is associated with its activities, backs fully the campaign to attain a cleaner and waste free Seychelles.

In fact it is the responsibility of all of us to lend a helping hand at making Seychelles cleaner and better environmentally. Minister Joel Morgan must now seize upon this opportunity to launch an aggressive campaign against littering and all other contributing factors which are threatening to impact negatively on the environment. This campaign must have the involvement of every man, woman and child possible – no one should be excluded in this drive to fight in keeping Seychelles clean, beautiful and healthy.

The rewards on achieving our intended goal are beyond value. It will have enormous economical benefits by remaining attractive to visitors coming over as tourists; it will help immensely in our fight against leptospirosis, dengue fever and other infectious diseases transmittable by rats, mosquitoes and other vermin. Seychelles will be a healthier country for all its citizens! Something we can achieve together; let us do it “4 D LUV of C-sel!”      

August 17, 2007
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