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
- What is recycling? Giving materials new life, reducing landfill pressure, and conserving resources.
- Why recycle? It shrinks environmental footprints, improves brand image, and lowers disposal costs.
- What can be recycled? Glass, plastics, paper, tins, used oil, and importantly, food waste.
- Where does it go?
- Food waste is composted, turning into nutrient-rich soil.
- Mixed recycling is sorted and processed by Curb Cycle, a youth-driven and Black female-owned enterprise, supporting circular waste initiatives in local communities.
- Why separate food waste? Food in landfills produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Separation reduces emissions and creates cleaner recycling streams.
Our Commitment
Clearer Conscience aims for 100% elimination of organic waste to landfill by 2027. Every business that partners with us helps build a zero-waste future.
Each year, we collect:
- 350,000 kg of food waste, composted instead of landfilled.
- 200,000 kg of recycling waste, processed responsibly via Curb Cycle.
A Clearer Future
We provide integrated waste solutions, food waste collection, recycling, grease trap cleaning, used oil collection, paper shredding, and emission reporting, helping businesses measure their impact and act sustainably.
Workshops like Vrede en Lust show that sustainability is more than policy; it’s practice. Every decision about waste can make a difference.
Ready to make a change? Contact Clearer Conscience today for a waste audit and join the journey toward zero waste.