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Randfontein – Mohlakeng St Johns - Douglasdale Plastic milk bottle flower training day
We were at the Mohlakeng hall to do training on 7 July 2011 but this time was to show all our eager community members the basics for making hanging plastic Douglasdale milk bottle flowers. We showed them how to wash the milk bottles first, using a minimal amount of water and soap as all our natural resources are precious especially water. Douglasdale is the better bottle to use as they do not use alot of glue to stick down the label. Once everyone had cut the Douglasdale milk bottle in the correct place so the rest of the bottle could also be utilized, then they started to trace the flowers outline and start cutting them out. Douglasdale milk bottles have a perfectly smooth strip in the middle to work with unlike the other plastic bottles you get.
 
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Great Expectations T.V Programme where we show viewers how to upcycle with your children and have fun
We have recorded an insert with Lebo from Great Expectations on how to make Fridge magnet bugs from bottle tops and flowers from toilet rolls.
The show will apparently be airing in the first week of July 2011.
Fun and education was the name of the game, by teaching moms and their children how to make different arts and crafts with upcycled waste from your own waste stream.
The idea was to have fun while using waste materials that can be found in household.
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Why Upcycle?
Upcycle was born from our need as creative individuals to create usable and useful items from the things that surround us so as to improve the lives of the people on this planet. The amount of junk we throw away each day provided us with tons of raw materials. It wasn’t long before we found that we could manufacture pretty much anything from “junk”, from picture frames to gift boxes, from yo-yos to hanging gardens to serving bowls – the list is truly endless!
Our main goal is to teach and empower individuals to generate their own income from the resources they have at hand. We take individuals from impoverished areas and teach them the skills they need to create useful and usable items from the free and unutilised junk they could find. This doesn't just clean up the environment they live in, but also generates income for them and their families.
 
How?
Our main focus:
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