YES NO SOLUTIONS – #MoKonsian#MoPranKont, is a free non-profit online platform that connects Mauritius’ various stakeholders and people to foster a plastic circular economy, to initiate and to engage human beings in a clean environment lifestyle.
We are a voice for people and businesses to learn about environmental protection by upcycling, personal involvement – Do It Yourself (DIY), voluntary or obligatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and industrial practices.
This platform was initiated by bringing together a number of NGOs and corporations in Mauritius and Africa who shared a common goal and experienced a similar culture. The YES NO SOLUTIONS platform allows individuals or businesses to:
We bring at your disposal a “Track Your Recyclables“ system which allows you to locate any collecting bin location through google earth in Mauritius.
We make use of the international best practices to support our causes such as European Union, World Economic Forum, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations and Ellen MacArthur Foundation. We share best practices, encourage advocacy, and get the best of both worlds of Yes and No.
We value conversations, share knowledge and engaging with people and experts in each segment of our mission such as
Mission Verte is a Mauritian non-profit association created in 2007, to work for the preservation of the environment through education and positive action.The aim is to raise public awareness about the need to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost waste.
The organisation is currently operating about 50 recycling bins sites around Mauritius. Mission Verte acts as monitors and ensure that the waste collected (paper, cardboard, aluminium cans and plastic) in their bins goes through the proper channels, i.e. recycling and exporting companies.
They strongly believe that education goes hand in hand with any of our actions. In order to make people understand waste sorting and ecological behaviour and motivate them to successfully implement it at the workplace or at home, we organise education and conferences sessions for schools, community centres and companies, and also home composting sessions. Up to now, about 25,000 people have completed educational sessions with the association.
Registered as a non-profit NGO since 2016, We-Recycle’s mission is to educate, to collect for recycling and to help shape policies, legislation and recycling programs that will help keep Mauritius clean.
We-Recycle believes passionately in teamwork. This belief is reflected in the way we work collaboratively with Government, Local Authorities, Private Sector, Youth and Community Groups to achieve our mission and make a difference.
Our vision of a sustainable future where recyclable waste is managed responsibly, and recycling becomes part of the Nation’s DNA is achievable if everyone acts to Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
EcoMauritius.mu is an eco-ecommerce and community platform selling and promoting products, activities, lodging, events, courses, workshops, NGOs and businesses which are all environment friendly to help keep the island and planet green, clean and sustainable.
PhoenixEarth Initiative is the sustainability pole of Phoenix Beverages that engages itself through a list of initiatives with respect to the protection of the environment by involving all PhoenixBev’s stakeholders in all markets it operates. It demonstrates how the company is committed to sustainable development through concrete PhoenixBev’s actions relating top sustainable growth, responsible consumption and happy living.
Veranda Resorts, being part of Rogers Hospitality, has embarked on an ambitious project of eliminating single-use plastic items from our operations. The task is challenging as it involves finding the balance between health and food safety requirements and environmental impacts of our operations. Our internal procedures are currently being reviewed by our teams in an effort to find ways whereby we can eliminate single use plastic items with reusable options.
As a priority, we have started tackling guest-facing plastic items and as at date, we have eliminated 15 items including straws, room key cards, plastic bottles, containers of wet amenities with eco-friendly alternatives. We regularly conduct awareness sessions for our team members to inform them about the dangers of plastic pollution and what are the good practices to adopt to reduce usage of plastics. Our fight against plastic pollution is no easy task but we are motivated and committed to achieve our target of eliminating guest-facing single use plastic items by end of this year.
The New Invaders Club is a non-profit organisation in Mauritius which focuses on the Door-to-Door Collection and Segregation of Domestic Recyclable Dry Wastes (PET plastic bottles, glass bottles, steel cans, hard plastics, and aluminium cans for recycling purposes) through Community Environment project in New Grove and attached villages as well as outreach villages. Our motto is “Everyday is Environment Day”
Our aim is to reduce the amount of Domestic recyclable wastes ending up in landfills, encourage people to GO GREEN and adopt eco-friendly habits and keeping their locality clean and green and contribute to the concept of zero waste through a circular economy.
We are encouraging people to be in line with the UN SDGs 13, 14, and 15, which focus on environmental protection and we are also putting emphasis on Goal 17 which is partnership for sustainable development. We have partnered with recycling companies in Mauritius to ensure that the collected wastes are properly recycled.
Our goal is to bring about a behavioural change in society and make people adopt the 9R’s.and change people’s mindset regarding waste disposal and help them see wastes as resources through our environmental literacy program.
Our pledge, commitment and dedication towards protecting the environment and Mother Earth and combating climate change and its impact.
Our partners are diverse, but they all share an ambitious vision to change the way Mauritius manages waste. We are all working together in Mauritius today, from the government to our voting and affiliate members, to make positive developments and bring about substantive change.
We strongly believe in making Mauritius, the best sustainable circular economy in Africa.
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