AMOR attended the 20th anniversary of MICOA – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR attended the 20th anniversary of MICOA – Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Action, which took place on December 18, 2014, in the Joaquim Chissano Conference Centre, under the motto “MICOA – 20 years serving the communities for sustainable development “. Professionals from the environment fields and from universities, exhibitors, MICOA staffs, FUNAB and others public and private institutions attended the event to expose and promote environmental preservation activities. AMOR exposed paper and cardboard recycling boxes, charcoal briquettes made out of organic waste, bags for waste separation, and showed pictures that illustrate the consequences of improper waste management in urban centers. In addition, AMOR brought a biodiesel sample made out of used cooking oil. Finally, AMOR promoted workshops to produce purses with Tetra Pack packaging to strengthen the concept of recycling and the importance of the concept of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) to preserve the environment.
AMOR closes the Program competition Recycling School, Winning School – VILANCULO
[barre] The event took place on the 8th of November at Hotel Baiha Mar, with the participation of the Municipality of Vilankulo and the participating Primary Schools namely: Escola Primária Completa de Vilankulo-Sede, Escola Primária Completa Acácio Guambe, Escola Primária Completa do Aeroporto and Escola Primária Completa de Gamela. In each school, AMOR installed an Ecopoint built with two drums and a bag for the recycling of paper/ cardboard, plastic and metal.
AMOR and Millennium bim offer to the Municipality an Ecological Christmas tree and urban cleaning supplies – MAPUTO
[barre] The event took place on November 19 in front of the Municipal Council starting at 9 AM. This event is one of the highlights of the program Recycling School, Winning School developed by AMOR and the Millennium Bim during the third quarter of this year in 10 schools in Maputo and 4 additional schools in Vilankulo. The ecological tree and the Christmas decorations are Environmentally Friendly as they are built with PET bottles (plastic bottles of 2 liters), collected by school children within the Recycling School, Winning School program.
A AMOR and Millenium Bim awarded at an event at Teatro Avenida the school that recycled the most during the Recycling School contest launched in 2014 – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR-Mozambican Association of Recycling in partnership with Millennium bim closed on Friday, October 17th at Teatro Avenida the pilot phase of the Recycling School contest 2014 program which aims at promote recycling in schools. The Program Recycling School, Winning school Was implemented in 10 schools in the City of Maputo on 5 weeks in pilot format as well as in 5 schools in Vilankulo. During this period several activities have been developed, among them the installation of ecopoint for paper, plastic and metal waste, the establishment of environmental clubs, training of teachers/ coordinators in environmental education, and multiplication knowledge of the importance of recycling to the school and surrounding community. Furthermore, workshops to create purses and ornaments from waste were performed. The ornaments are meant to be used to ecological Christmas tree, which will be exposed at the Independence Square in Maputo during the festive season. During the five weeks of activities, the ten schools have recycled 1,654 kg of waste, thus avoiding the cutting of 20 trees and enabling the production of new objects in plastic, paper and metal, saving natural resources and developing sustainability. For the year 2014 the winner of the 10 participating schools with a total of 383 kg is the Complete Primary School A Luta Continua! Congratulations to the whole school community for their commitment and dedication. An see you in 2015!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – MAPUTO & VILANCULO
[barre] Will be held on 17 October 2014 at Teatro Avenida in the period from 8:30 ace 11hrs the closure of the Pilot phase of the Program “A Clean City for me-Recycles School, School Wins.” Partnership between AMOR (Mozambican Association of Recycling ) and the Millennium BIM bank, which was attended ten schools within the City of Maputo and four in Vilankulo.
AMOR and Millennium BIM jointly organized the program School Recycles, School Wins! – MAPUTO & VILANCULO
[barre] Through a partnership between AMOR (Mozambican Association of Recycling) and the Millennium BIM bank the program “School Recycles, School Wins!” was developed. This is an extension of the project “A Clean City for Me” of Millennium BIM and has the goal to implement the education on and management of recyclable waste within schools in Mozambique. At 10 schools in Maputo (mainly in the KaMphumo district) and 4 schools in Vilankulo, ecopoints were constructed. The schools are used as a mechanism through which socio-environmental change is promoted and explained to the pupils and their community. The objective is to raise awareness within the school community about the problems of solid waste in the cities and the consequences of it on urban sanitation, ecosystems (beaches, rivers, mangroves) and animals. Not only children are reached through this project, but the entire community is involved (parents, guardians, and neighbours of the school). To encourage the school to collect as much recyclables as possible, AMOR created a small contest named Green Points. In this contest the collected recyclables are weighed on a weekly basis and for every kilogram of recyclables, the school scores 1 Green Point. The school that scores the highest number of Green Points will be awarded with equipment that the particular school needs (e.g. notebooks, books, furniture, etc.). It should be noted that the idea of the program is not to encourage the production of waste, but to reduce the amount of waste and rubbish, as parents, teachers and the surrounding community are able to separate and dispose their waste using the bins of the ecopoints at schools. To make the program more sustainable, AMOR established environmental clubs in every participating school. These clubs are composed by a selected group of pupils who are the leading members of the clubs within school, but also in the community where they live. They spread the word about environmental education and the necessity and importance of taking care of the waste we produce. So through this project waste in and around schools and in the arteries of the city is reduced, information on environmental education is disseminated, and, especially, the importance of preservation and conservation of the environment for the safety of the current and next generation is emphasized.
AMOR participated in the Fórum Pro Ambiente – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR participated in the Fórum Pro Ambiente AMOR participated in a meeting called “Pro Ambiente” (Pro Environment), which took place in the amphitheatre of the faculty of Social Sciences at the ‘Universidade Pedagógica’ (Pedagogical University). The main goal was to discuss the activities and role of civil society organizations in Environmental Education. Besides the discussion, AMOR organized a workshop, open for everybody, in which people could learn how to make a wallet out of an empty juice package (named ‘Gud’) of the company Compal. The goal of this exposition was to show that reusing packages does not only contribute to the preservation of the environment, but that the packages can also serve as a source of income: the production of the material of the packages is very cheap or the production of the packages is very cheap (as otherwise they would have been treated as waste).
AMOR and Municipality of Maputo celebrate World Recycling Day – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR and Municipality of Maputo celebrate World Recycling Day On 17th of May 2014, AMOR and the Municipal Council of Maputo celebrated the World Recycling Day, at Josina Machel Secondary School, under the motto : Clean Maputo, Happy Maputo – Clean now, tomorrow will be late (Maputo Limpo, Maputo Feliz, – limpe agora, amanhã será tarde”). Several social and environmental organizations participated to the celebration such as NGO’s, students, private sector, public sector, associations, students and professors from the Environmental Management course of the Universidade Pedagógica (Pedagogical University) as well as recycling companies and associations . Lectures focused on the management of solid urban waste and the 3Rs cycle (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!). Debates were about the responsibility of each sector to perform effective actions on urban waste. Cultural presentations have been performed by the Dance Group Guaza Mutine as well as exhibitions of reused and recycled material. AMOR participated through interventions during the debates, exhibitions of reuse and recycled material, workshop with the fabrication of Tetrapacks wallets made out of milk and juice boxes. Furthermore, a particular attention was paid on the one hand to the consequences of irresponsive disposal waste for animals and their associated ecosystems, and on the other hand to the benefits of recycling with its social, economic and environmental impacts.
AMOR is awarded the Certificate of initiative with high potential of Social Entrepreneurship (IES ) – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR is awarded the Certificate of initiative with high potential of Social Entrepreneurship (IES ) . AMOR was awarded the certificate of initiative with high potential in Social Entrepreneurship (IES) on the 1st of April2014 , at the Polytechnic University (ISPU) for its network of Ecopoints. The IES (Institute of Social Entrepreneurship) aims ‘s mission is to at inspiring and creating a better world through social entrepreneurship . The network of Ecopontos network of the Mozambican Recycling Association (AMOR) , was recognized as having a high potential for social entrepreneurship, and awarded the ES+ label, on a project sponsored by the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Calouste Guibenkian foundation. The network of Ecopoints installed in the cities of Maputo and Matola contributes to social inclusion of waste pickers who sell recyclable materials (paper, cardboard , cans, glass , cooking oil and electronic waste… ), as well as for an income generation for the Ecopoint managers who benefit from the sales of recyclable materials to the recycling sector, and the mobile collectors who get the waste directly from private homes and institutions. The Ecopoint network already allows for the recycling of 80 to 100 tons of waste per month.
AMOR at the VI Edition of Environmental Fair – MAPUTO
[barre] AMOR attended the VI edition of the Environmental Fair, sponsored by the Environment Fund (FUNAB), inserted in the celebration of the 20th birthday of the Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Action ( MICOA ) in partnership with the City Council of the City of Tete. The Fair took place between the 3rd of April and 5th of April 2014 in the city of Tete – Mozambique, under the motto : ” Technological solutions towards a green economy ” Several organizations such as NGOs, companies, universities from the provinces of Maputo, Inhambane, Sofala, Tete , Zambezia, Nampula attended the Fair, where different activities were held about the motto with a view to promote sustainable development (art and recycling workshops, debates , traditional dances, lectures). AMOR participated with a stand with charcoal briquettes, bags for waste separation, and a permanent recycling workshop, among other things. The biggest attraction of the stand, however, was the biodiesel machine (that turns used cooking oil into biodiesel), arousing much public interest. In Maputo, AMOR already turns over 200L of waste oils into biodiesel each week and uses the biodiesel in its vehicles. Another machine is to be installed in Vilanculos whereas the machine shown at the Environment Fair remains in Tete. AMOR also introduces to the public a lecture about Waste Transfer and Recycling Centers, in order to expand the challenges and solutions for the treatment of municipal waste and recycle as much as possible to ensure the preservation of the environment and the creation of green jobs.