Waste

Overview

The Waste sector primarily focuses on the following key areas in the circular economy: 

• e-Waste
• Organics
• Plastics
• Textiles 

GreenCape’s Waste Programme focuses on supporting the development of a thriving, legally compliant and labour absorptive secondary materials industry in the Western Cape. Our ultimate goal is for the sector to exemplify and contribute to a resource efficient and low carbon economy.

The Waste Sector desk at GreenCape has grown as a result of the level of understanding of the waste economy in the Western Cape. The sector desk has worked with various industry stakeholders, academia and government to understand challenges, such as legislation, and to identify waste-to-energy opportunities in the region.

Our work in the waste sector has expanded beyond municipal waste, to opportunities for biogas and organic waste. Businesses and investors are able to interact with the team and other industry players through our working groups and networking events, where issues, challenges and opportunities can be discussed.

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