Esa conducts recycling workshop |01 December 2020

The Enterprise Seychelles Agency (Esa) organised a three-day recycling workshop where participants learned about different ways by which they can recycle paper, plastic and other materials into artisanal products.

The objective of the workshop is to create awareness on managing domestic waste and to re-purpose things in a creative way and commercialise the recycled products.

The topics during the sessions focused on recycling of household waste, knowledge about artisanal plastic waste transformation and circular economy. The topics also included recycling of newspapers into jewellery.

“Recycling can become an industry on its own if there is the right push and right practices being adopted. Teach your family members, your colleagues and your own selves a new skill that can benefit the whole country tomorrow,” said the chief executive of Esa, Angelique Appoo.

She continued by encouraging participants to use the services provided at Esa to further their development.

“Please engage with us, follow our trainings, follow our social media pages and website and make good use of the government platform that has been created to help micro, small and medium enterprises,” she added.

She ended by saying “I wish to challenge all of you to participate in the competition launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment to produce your own recycled Christmas tree at home. Make it unique, make it original, make it creative and make it one of the most memorable activities you do with your kids this Christmas”

Georgette Pool, an artisan who took part in the workshop, noted that she decided to participate because she wanted to learn something new.

“The training was basic as I was already knowledgeable on some of the topics covered but there were also interesting points such as creating jewellery out of paper,” said Ms Pool.

Dilivio Gilbert, a young participant who works in an artisanal studio with his father, said that he participated in the workshop to broaden his knowledge on the products he can make from recyclable materials.

All three sessions were facilitated by Eveline Joubert, training coordinator at Esa who noted that the class teaches basic recycling techniques.

“As the training was conducted for the first time, only 8 participants took part,” Ms Joubert noted, adding that participants were very enthusiastic and gave positive feedback on the training.

The accompanying photos show some highlights of the workshop.