News
Here you’ll find all our recent press releases and articles about Waste Plan or the recycling industry.
Cape Talk interview with Bertie LourensAn actual copy of the interview with Bertie Lourens will be published shortly Waste Plan rolled out its recycling program in parts of the City of Cape Town in late 2007, and since then the initiative has been rolled out to more suburbs. This has translated into fewer items winding up in our landfill sites and saving other resources along the way. To put things in perspective, since that rollout, some 27000 tons of waste has been recycled, translating to 106 olympic-sized swimming pools, recycling of 8100 tons of glass converts to the same amount of electricity to run 168000 computers for an entire day, recycling of 800 tons of metal cans translate to the same amount of electricity used by 400 000 light bulbs for a day. And with the paper (14000 tons) they collected for recycling, they saved up to 150 000 trees. Also, they are making use of the “trolley brigade” that people normally try to ignore on dirt collection days, by making them part of the collection process. These collectors then can also earn a bit of cash for the materials they collect and hand in – a win-win situation.They have created 140 direct jobs (on-site sorting of the waste etc) and 120 indirect jobs (informal collectors). |
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Bertie Lourens on Talk radio 702
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Waste Plan has been awarded the Fast Growth SMME Award
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Waste Plan’s recycling efforts at the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour on Supersport 5 |
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Consumer protection act: do you know your rights?What is the Consumer Protection Act? The Consumer Protection Act, no. 68 of 2008 was signed on 24 April 2009. it aims to:
To read the full consumer protection act, please download the PDF file here. |
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Carte Blanche – 20th of March 2011 – Bertie Lourens |
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Infecting the city showcases how waste is turned into TreasureINFECTING THE CITY: the Spier Public Arts Festival returns to Cape Town for the fourth time from the 21st to 26th February 2011 to shake up and energise the Mother City.
This year, Infecting the City has collaborated with Waste Plan, a waste-management company that collects and processes waste from the industrial and commercial sectors, as well as residential homes. Waste Plan will provide sorted waste to the Festival and eight talented artists will bring to light the issues of excessive waste and the importance of recycling, through the creation of a provocative installation entitled ‘Slices of Life’. Shocking statistics show that residents, visitors and businesses in Cape Town generate almost 2kg of rubbish per person a day, translating to 2.3 millions tons per year in 2002/2003. Furthermore our waste is increasing at 7% per year, at a faster rate than population growth at 1.7%. read more » |
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Vineyard Hotel & Spa & Top Billing’s Expresso morning programme – Green conferencing |
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SABC 3 Expresso 11/01/2010 |
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Waste Plan wins national productivity award 2010
Read the full article on The Green Times |
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omgewing: Een mens se gemors…An article in Sunday’s Rapport magazine about WastePlan and its informal collectors. |
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SA launches climate research centreSouth Africa has launched the Africa Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science, which will provide regional decision-makers with reliable climate information, enabling them to balance developmental needs with responses to threats posed by environmental change. In a statement this week, the Department of Science and Technology said that global warming and climate change were now pressing environmental security issues, and the debate on responses to environmental challenges demanded a sound and objective scientific basis for decision-making. |
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New drop-off directoryGlobal Carbon Exchange have put together a waste directory for Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban: You simply select what type of waste you are needing to drop off, the area etc and then a list provides you with potential drop off points! |
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Going green in governmentMinister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, opened the first ever |
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New York Times: Leading Africans to responsible recycling |
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E-waste management in Africa – rising up the political agenda |
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Clear-bag system takes off |
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Waste Plan takes the Cape by storm! |
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Cape town aims for zero waste to landfill – eventually |
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Bag-scratchers will be arrestedRead the article on the Tatler homepage. |
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Recycling plant assists City |
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Recycling off to a good start in Blaauwberg |
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Ready to recycle?A newspaper article about Waste Plan and the Think Twice project. Read the article. |
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Recycling article from Tatler March 2009 |
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Bolander article: recycling dreams come trueBertie Lourens visits the WastePlan recycling depot, along with a journalist from the Boleander newspaper. Read the article. |
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Newspaper letter: informal collectors to be monitoredJeandré Baard from Parklands has submitted a letter to the local newspaper, saying that the informal collectors need to be monitored. Bertie Lourens responds. Read the article. |
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Not everything you throw away is rubbishRecycling wil be as easy as popping a clear plastic bag on top of regular refuse in the wheelie bin. Read the article. |
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Residents urged to recyclePeople are often asked to recycle their household waste but without a proper system like those found overseas it is really dificult. Read the article. |
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Recycling pilot project revamped for launch in BloubergThe City of Cape Town is taking a second crack at pioneering waste separation project after a pilot initiative in the Helderberg area failed because contractors were “dragging their feet”. Read the article. |
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Wheelie bin tours Peninsula to highlight waste crisis |
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West Coast recyclesJoe Public, that notorius creator of waste, is to become recycle-conscious. “Waste not, want not” could take on a whole new meaning on the West Coast. Read the first article. Read the second article. |
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Melkbosstrand fold vow to fight landfill |
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Wheeling away wasteWaste is only waste when it’s wasted. Read the article. |
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Landfills would waste away…… if everyone recycled 90% of their garbage. Read the article. |
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Imagery from the Mail & Guardian |
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Changes to your waste collection service |
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New waste collection system to start soon for Delft, Mfuleni and Brown’s Farm |
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Cape Talk’s Aden Thomas speaks about Waste PlanListen to the radio interview. |
The theme for the 2011 Festival is Treasure, which encapsulates the vibrant and cosmopolitan diversity of Cape Town. The Festival invites everyone to appreciate, take ownership of and celebrate the cultural riches that are often overlooked, neglected or discarded.
Two Western Cape winners of the regional SA Productivity Awards, WastePlan (Pty) Ltd and Fair Cape Dairies (Pty) Ltd have done us proud by also winning the national awards in their respective categories of emerging and corporate sectors. They received their awards, together with the national winner in the public sector, Rahima Moosa Hospital, at a prestigious award ceremony in Midrand on Friday evening, 29 October.
