Efforts to protect the environment through glass recycling are acknowledged
HOUGHTON – The latest recently announced glass recycling rate in South Africa is now 44 per cent (up from 42 per cent last year).
South Africans have joined forces over the past few years in an effort to protect the environment. The Glass Recycling Company’s (TGRC) Annual Green Dialogue and annual general meeting, normally held in Houghton, was held virtually this year.
The latest recently announced glass recycling rate in South Africa is now 44 per cent (up from 42 per cent last year), according to the company, which revealed the increased rate during its seventh Annual Green Dialogue on 10 June. “Our team has significantly reduced South Africa’s packaging waste through encouraging and supporting the reuse of returnable bottles and facilitating glass recycling within South Africa. In fact, since the inception of TGRC, an incredible 3.9 million tons of non-returnable glass has been recycled. In addition, in excess of 2 million tons of returnable bottles, have been diverted from landfills on an annual basis,” said Shabeer Jhetam, CEO of The Glass Recycling Company.
The event which reveals the local strides made in glass recycling over the course of the 2018/2019 financial year, also detailed the results achieved by the non-profit organisation, mandated with increasing glass recycling facilities. The company’s key objectives include educating South Africans about glass recycling through marketing and communication campaigns.
Alongside the 44 per cent glass recycling rate, other achievements detailed included:
- 50 000 income opportunities created
- 3 303 glass entrepreneurs trained
- 2.3 million glass bottles recycled during the Annual Schools Competition
- More than 80 per cent glass packaging diverted from landfills through reusing and recycling
- 4 017 glass banks available across South Africa.
Jhetam concluded, “I am tremendously proud of the team’s achievements and look forward to surpassing these current milestones, as we will be presented by additional opportunities like the forthcoming implementation of the national Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, that will see producers becoming accountable for the end-of-life impacts of its products and packaging.”
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