Petco Recycling Drive Turns Mitchell’s Plain Pupils Into Champions for a Cleaner Cape Town

A colourful recycling competition is reshaping how young people in Mitchell’s Plain think about rubbish. Plastic bottles, juice cartons and food scraps are no longer “dirt” to be thrown away – they’re being sorted, collected and even turned into prizes, cleaner streets and new respect for the people who make a living from waste. Plainsman+1