In the view of WESSA, a national environmental NGO which has as its mission, public participation in caring for the Earth, the waste problem will increasingly affect air and water quality, terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems and, consequently, human health if small actions, multiplied by collective effort, are not sought. For these reasons, we believe that a new way of thinking about waste needs to be developed around reducing, reusing and recycling. Through the One Stop Dry Domestic Recycling Shop initiative, WESSA seeks to influence people, through a process of education, for a reducing, reusing and recycling action in the home and workplace so as to enhance natural resource optimisation and reduce Carbon emissions. We aim to do this by establishing the workplace – with the help of strategic partners as a safe, easy and convenient recycling hub so that:

1. WESSA can use the workplace as a platform to educate people about the social and environmental benefits of reducing, reusing and recycling
2. Once educated, people can begin putting recycling theory into practice by recycling at work and, ultimately, bring recyclable waste from home to work.