{"id":237612,"date":"2022-09-20T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T08:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=121639"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T08:37:25","slug":"local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Local communities play their part to achieve a world without waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121640\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=121640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-121640 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121640 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">War on waste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>South Africa has a huge waste problem. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs\u2019 State of Waste Report (SoWR), South Africa produced in excess of 54 million tonnes of waste in 2017. Of this total, the report estimated that a maximum of only 10% is recycled or recovered for other uses, whilst the remainder ends up in landfills or is illegally dumped elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is likely to have worsened in the intervening years as designated landfill sites have reached capacity and waste is discarded illegally, to the detriment of communities and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s waste crisis calls for effective and ambitious solutions. Prioritising recycling at the source is the growing call from waste management organisations who have called on communities and individuals to play their part in reducing waste through recycling initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Companies such as Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) are a part of the crusade to curb the growing and unnecessary waste that find their way into local landfills via multilateral collaborations with local communities, Government, waste management organisations, as well as other private sector partners.<\/p>\n<p>CCBSA, one of the Coca-Cola Company\u2019s bottlers in South Africa, is steered by The Coca-Cola Company\u2019s World Without Waste strategy \u2013 aimed at collecting or recycling a bottle or can for each one the company sells by 2030 and making 100% of their packaging recyclable by 2025. The company has declared an ambitious and innovative undertaking to use at least 50% recycled material in their packaging by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout September in line with the company\u2019s commitment towards protecting the environment, CCBSA is running a number of clean-up operations across the country, including along ecologically sensitive coastal and river systems through September (Environment Awareness Month) to coincide with key dates focused on waste management:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 River clean-up Day \u2013 14 September<br \/>\u2022 National Recycling Day \u2013 16 September<br \/>\u2022 International Coastal Clean-up Day \/ World Clean-up Day \u2013 17 September<\/p>\n<p>Nozicelo Ngcobo, CCBSA public affairs, communication, and sustainability director, says: \u201cPartnerships are key if we are to change society\u2019s attitude and behaviour towards responsible management of waste and keeping our communities and environment clean and safe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to educate people about the importance of recycling and material reuse to improve collection and recycling rates as part of making packaging waste part of a circular economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ngcobo, the key to effective and successful strategies is collaboration with CCBSA\u2019s host communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir input and participation in solving our waste crisis are what further motivates us to achieve our goals,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Coca-Cola approved a R3-million grant and partnered with PET Recycling South Africa (PETCO)to support the national network of over 100 buy-back centres as part of efforts to keep PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging out of the environment and into recycling for reuse.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership helped position waste reclaimer PETCO as a \u201crecycling hero\u201d and helped in \u201ctransforming the landscape of the township economy\u201d.<br \/>But, says Ngcobo, recycling should be everyone\u2019s business and the various clean-up activities around the country is part of a growing awareness of the role that \u201ceach person can and must play to ensure a safer and considered future for all\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfitability is important, but not at any cost. People matter. Our planet matters. We are committed to doing business the right way by partnering for solutions that benefit us all. As one of the world\u2019s biggest beverage companies, we have a responsibility to help solve the packaging problem and achieve a World Without Waste. We will continue to support collaborative participation from the private sector, NPOs, NGOs and the public sector\u201d, concludes Nozicelo Ngcobo.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the bottler\u2019s collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company\u2019s World Without Waste strategy by 2030 on https:\/\/www.coca-cola.co.za\/sustainability\/world-without-waste<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">21<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/local-communities-play-their-part-to-achieve-a-world-without-waste\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. War on waste South Africa has a huge waste problem. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs\u2019 State of Waste Report (SoWR), South Africa produced in excess of 54 million tonnes of waste in 2017. 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