|
| |
RE-CYCLE RACES
PHOTO: Enviromark volunteers, proudly wearing their yellow uniforms, tidied up litter at Cape Town’s biggest road races this year. Recovered plastic was recycled as far as possible.
Cycle Tour and Two Oceans greening a massive success
The Plastics Industry’s Enviromark was at both the Cape Argus/Pick n Pay Cycle Tour and Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. The objective? To collect and recycle litter generated by participants and supporters. Enviromark volunteers in yellow kept the route clean by collecting litter en-route and saw to it that the litter was taken to a local waste company for recycling.
The objective of the both events was to recycle 75% of the total waste generated. This was far exceeded with 82% of the waste recycled after the Cape Argus/Pick n Pay Cycle Tour and 83% at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon.
During the Cape Argus/Pick n Pay Cycle Tour 11 830kg of waste was collected. Only 2 100kg was sent to landfill (all of this organic material, thus not recyclable) with 9 730kg being recycled.
After the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon, 8 593kg of waste was collected of which 7 093kg was recycled.
The Plastic Industry’s Enviromark, PFSA’s environmental division, focus on creating litter awareness at big events. This strategy, known as Event Greening, is making socially and environmentally responsible decisions when organising or participating in an event. The greening of events contributes to a cleaner and greener South Africa.
For more information on the Enviromark and their activities, please call Douw Steyn on 011 653 4794, e-mail douw.steyn@plasfed.co.za
www.plasticsinfo.co.za
www.cleanup-sa.co.za
|
| |
|
|
