Nampak Tissue Partners with Waste Plan Home Recycling Project in Tshwane

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Jan 24th, 09:55

The Nampak Tissue and WastePlan “Re: spond” service was launched in October 2011 in the East of Pretoria. The name says it all as the home recycling pilot project is aimed at creating a greener and more conscious South Africa, and the best place to start of-course, is the home! Nampak Tissue’s involvement in this initiative is just another component of their Blue-Green recycling initiatives and is managed by WastePlan , run by Bertie Lourens. Waste Plan services 120 000 homes in Cape Town as a sub-contractor to the City of Cape Town and have 4 years experience in large scale kerb-side recycling projects. Nampak is a partial funder of the Re:spond service in Tshwane and WastePlan is the Operator. “There’s no greater excitement than to partner with an initiative that will see people take care of the environment while creating sustainable economic development” says Srini Naidoo–Nampak Tissues Business Recycling Director.

This weekly service is delivered free of charge to 30 000 homes in Tshwane with the hopes of expanding soon. WastePlan distributes recycling bags weekly to households in the east of Pretoria. Residents are asked to place all their recyclable waste in the free clear bags for WastePlan to collect weekly. Material is sorted and then sold onto Nampak for further processing and recycling. Monthly stats on the effectiveness of the project are managed and shared by WastePlan.

In the areas where this service has not been rolled out yet, residents are encouraged to still participate in recycling by dropping off their recyclable waste at participating Engen/Woolworths forecourts. The Engen/Woolworths project in Gauteng follows a successful pilot in Cape Town 2 years ago that was launched in December 2011 in Joburg and Pretoria. Wasteplan alongised Nampak services the project in Pretoria and Nampaks other waste management partner, Apple Green International, provide the same service in Joburg

Some of the sites up and running around Gauteng so far are based in Ferndale, Sonneglans, Strydom Park, Cresta, Blairgowrie, Edenburg, Bryanston, Woodmead, Wieda Park, Pretoria, Centurion , Vorna Valley and Witpoortjie,WastePlan collects it from there free of charge.

Bertie Lourens from WastePlan concludes;” The Home recycling project is a great initiative that creates job opportunities and diverts large amounts of waste from landfills” .Nampak and WastePlan are making a real difference in the community, making it a greener and more environmentally conscious country one suburb at a time, the project hopes to expand into JHB in the near future.
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