LETTER: Recycling and composting towards a zero-waste future
Circular waste economy on our doorstep offers opportunities to relieve pressure on landfills
30 May 2023 - 17:16
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By 2027, zero wet kitchen waste to landfill will be the new norm. But why wait until 2027 when all SA citizens can begin to separate their household waste at source: dry to recycling and wet to composting?
An immensely simple reusable plastic kitchen caddy and a compostable caddy liner is all a home requires. As a community, gather all the individual home contributions and send it all to a local composting facility.
As municipal councils move down the road called the circular waste economy, so we as a nation begin the journey to food security. Agriculture requires compost. We all can generate the raw materials: peels and leftovers from supermarket purchases.
This is not rocket science, merely a change of old habits to go green.
Andrew Pollock Constantia
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Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
LETTER: Recycling and composting towards a zero-waste future
Circular waste economy on our doorstep offers opportunities to relieve pressure on landfills
By 2027, zero wet kitchen waste to landfill will be the new norm. But why wait until 2027 when all SA citizens can begin to separate their household waste at source: dry to recycling and wet to composting?
An immensely simple reusable plastic kitchen caddy and a compostable caddy liner is all a home requires. As a community, gather all the individual home contributions and send it all to a local composting facility.
As municipal councils move down the road called the circular waste economy, so we as a nation begin the journey to food security. Agriculture requires compost. We all can generate the raw materials: peels and leftovers from supermarket purchases.
This is not rocket science, merely a change of old habits to go green.
Andrew Pollock
Constantia
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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