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Our exciting Waterfall Declutter & E-Waste Recycling Drive

                                   is happening in September!










                          DONATE                                                 RECYCLE
                                                        Waterfall
                                                          Cares





        Join THE WATERFALL

        CLEAn-Up GREEn-Up DRiVE!
          September is spring cleaning
                                                                        Stand up and be the change
                                                                        by recycling your e-waste
          month – the perfect time to
        Our exciting Declutter and E-waste Recycling campaign is happening in September
          donate the things you no
                                                                        responsibly. Bring us your
        s      perfect time to donate the things you no longer   (17 and 18 september)
                                                      CLEAN
                                                                        old or broken electronics
          longer need! Declutter your
 Our exciting Waterfall Declutter & E-Waste Recycling Drive
                                                              Green-Up
               eptember is spring cleaning month – the
                                                                        and we’ll see to it that they
          wardrobes and give up all
                                                                  GREEN
                                  is happening in September!
               need to those who do. So why not help make
                                                              Tired of the broken electronics sitting on that shelf in
          your unwanted clothing to
                                                                        are given a second life.
               the world a better place by decluttering your
          uplift the less fortunate.
        closet and recycling your e‐waste responsibly?        your garage or the old laptops, phones, chargers and
                                                              mystery wires filling up that random drawer? Well, here’s
                                                              your opportunity to recycle them responsibly. As part
        In the past year, it has become imperative for us to find ways   of our two-day Green-up initiative, we have teamed up
        to feel we are taking back control of our lives. Establishing   with Recyclex who will set up two manned stations in
        order, redefining our spaces and cleaning up the clutter   Waterfall on the dates above – one at Polofields Crossing
        are some of the most effective strategies to quickly get   and another at the Mall of Africa – where they will be
                                                                                    RECYCLE
                        DONATE
        oneself back on track. In keeping with this spirit, we have   ready to receive your electronic waste from 9am – 4pm.
        decided to take this strategy out to our Waterfall community  Waterfall
        in the form of our Clean-up Green-up initiative.   Cares
                                                              Bring your kids and make them part of our community
                                                              journey to eliminate e‐waste responsibly and improve
        Clean-Up                                              the carbon footprint of all who call Waterfall home. As a
        (1 – 16 september)                                    start, we will be collecting small e‐waste items such as old
        Declutter your closets and donate clothes you                   cell phones, chargers, keyboards, batteries,
        no longer wear. We plan to create an Instagram-                 laptops and cameras – in working order or
        worthy clothesline installation in Waterfall Park,              not. The best news? Recyclex even offers a
        where you can come and add all your donated                     free and secure data erasure service, using
        clothing to the display. Drone footage of the
      September is spring cleaning                     CLEAN            military grade software and providing you
                                                                           Stand up and be the change
        clothesline will be periodically updated so we
                                                                        with a certificate of erasure. They guarantee
      month – the perfect time to                                       to wipe any stored data on working laptops
                                                                           by recycling your e-waste
        can all share in the excitement as we watch
        our living line of ‘givable’ garments grow!
      donate the things you no                                          or phones, restoring them to factory settings,
                                                                           responsibly. Bring us your
                                                                        ready for reuse by someone who needs them.
      longer need! Declutter your                                          old or broken electronics
        What’s also really cool about this initiative,
        beyond the giving, is that it helps us reduce
                                                                           and we’ll see to it that they
      wardrobes and give up all                                         If you want to get rid of larger appliances, you
        the waste we create. When clothes are
                                                                        can contact Recyclex directly on 082 607 2394.
      your unwanted clothing to                                            are given a second life.
        reused and passed on instead of thrown
        away, fewer new clothes need to be made,
      uplift the less fortunate.                                    GREEN  We hope to see whole families join us as we
        and less waste is sent to landfills. Not only is
                                                                        work together to declutter our lives. This
        this people- and planet-friendly, but it might                  is our chance to reinforce the importance
        just be your shirt or jacket that boosts the                    of reducing waste and recycling, and to
        confidence of someone interviewing for their                    do it in a way that ensures the reuse of our
        first job or helps keep them warm at night.                     waste goes towards helping others too.
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