Crafting Sustainable Wetland Monitoring Water Level Sticks: My Journey
During my Nature Connect Learnership at Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area, I embarked on a project to create water level sticks using recycled materials. Recognising the environmental impact of traditional metal markers, I endeavoured to innovate using repurposed plastic bottle caps and PVC pipes. The idea originated from my desire to mitigate plastic waste while addressing the practical need for reliable water level markers. With this vision in mind, I decided to utilise PVC pipe and recycled bottle caps as markers. To source the materials, I embarked on a beach trip, where discarded bottle caps were abundant, emphasising the environmental imperative of repurposing materials. Back in my workspace, located at home, I meticulously spaced out the bottle caps along the PVC pipe, ensuring accuracy in measurements. Each cap was strategically placed every 10 centimetres to facilitate precise water level monitoring. This phase underscored the importance of attention to detail in executi