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May 28, 2021
Companies across South Africa have stepped up this National Energy Month to bring their corporate innovation capabilities forward, in line with government’s call to find urgent solutions to the country’s energy crisis.
Some of the clear-cut solutions available to South Africa lie in the conversion of waste and refuse into energy; property portfolios committing to green, energy-efficient buildings; land-use sustainability and reduced plastic in packaging in the production of food – as some key examples.
Creating a circular economy
For its part, the government is committed to redirecting waste from landfills and in support of this, new laws have been legislated and regulations are being rolled out – all aimed at cleaning-up South Africa and reducing the negative environmental as well as health impacts caused by waste.
Waste management can no longer be looked at with a linear view as we move towards 2021. We are seeing national as well as global leaders around the world creating massive awareness around the throw-away culture that many businesses, individuals and households have. With statistics highlighting that South Africa alone generates 108 million tonnes of waste per annum, equating to about R25.2bn worth of waste dumped with 90% disposed at over-capacitated landfill sites, the big question is - do we have what it takes to manage it effectively and what needs to be done to ensure that we don t run into a waste crisis?