TURNING WASTE INTO WORTH: LESSONS FROM VREDE EN LUST
This September, Clearer Conscience hosted a sustainability workshop at Vrede en Lust Wine Farm in Simondium, bringing hospitality businesses together to explore how waste is managed, and how it can be reduced. From restaurants to wine farms, waste is generated daily. How it’s handled impacts the environment, business operations, and future generations. Key Takeaways Our […]
EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Clearer Conscience is excited to have been chosen to participate in a pilot project to address challenges faced in waste management in Cape Town. The Recyclers Association NPC (TRA) was formed in 2024 to explore ways to integrate the significant number of SMMEs involved in waste management into the City of Cape Town’s plans for […]
Angel Campey (Smile FM) talks recycling with Andy Conder (Clearer Conscience)
How adidas got Angel to recycle Like many other South Africans, Angel Campey wanted to recycle but there was no municipal service in her area. Then along came adidas and Clearer Conscience. Have a read and a listen to how Angel met one of her sustainability goals. The adidas/Clearer Conscience recycling service runs […]
adidas sponsor recycling collections
adidas to sponsor recycling collections If you live in District Six, Woodstock, Salt River, Observatory, Mowbray, Rosebank, Newlands, Rondebosch, or Claremont we have great news for you: adidas will cover your collections in October & November! adidas is committed to ending plastic waste and, as technical sponsor of the Cape Town Marathon on […]
Highlights of 2021
2020 saw most recycling operations having to pause operations due to Stage 5 Lockdown regulations. Clearer Conscience was granted an Essential Services Provider Permit that ensured we could collect your recycling and store it until the facilities were open again. 2021 saw a significant increase both in the volumes we collected and the number of […]
The Biodegradable vs Recycle Debate
Recently, Clearer Conscience enjoyed a lively conversation with Biodegradable Future about the strengths of biodegradable vs recycle approaches to addressing (especially plastic) pollution and waste. The tendency is to see recycling as more efficient than biodegradable products, but we suggest this is a long term view. We agreed that biodegradable additives to polymers could provide […]
Food Waste Collections in Cape Town by Clearer Conscience Recycling
We are glad to announce we will be starting residential food waste collections in October. We will collect ALL food waste except for flesh (cooked or uncooked) and bones. We will also collect paper tissues & towels. Simply have your compostable bags ready for us to collect on your regular collection day. Our teams are […]
We all need to recycle. Here’s why…
We all know we should try and take our own bags when we go shopping, right? But do we ever consider the irony of the packaging that our items are wrapped in? Online shopping and delivery services have seen huge growth during the coronavirus pandemic. Hopefully consumers have thought about the packaging that their purchases […]
Clearer Conscience: Recycling and greening education at schools
Clearer Conscience currently looks after the recycling efforts at several schools in and around Cape Town. We have also made presentations to pupils and hopefully this has given them greater insight into some of the concerns our environment is facing. But are school recycling initiatives enough? They certainly make recycling visible. In our experience since […]
Clearer Conscience: Cape Town recycling service uplifting worthy charities and causes
Andy Conder joins Tracey Lange to chat about the Cape Town recycling service, Clearer Conscience. They started in 2008 as a recycling collections service for homes, offices and work, commercial and industrial premises. There’s a lot of people in Cape Town that want to recycle and sadly there’s not curbside collections for everybody. Andy Conder, […]