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SOUTH AFRICA<br />
NEW GENERATION<br />
Extracting the good from all plastic evil, La Motte also recycles glass and cartons<br />
with recyclable items sold to HE Recyclers, explains Koegelenberg. “The money<br />
generated rewards the staff who commits to recycling”. Furthermore, Amorim<br />
collects used corks for repurposing, and Brenn-O-Kem removes wine lees for the<br />
manufacture of cream of tartar”.<br />
Organic waste material from the winery, such as grape seeds, skins and stalks, are<br />
deposited on a designated compost site with green mulches from vine clippings<br />
and weed cuttings. The compost is irrigated with treated winery wastewater, and<br />
when compost is mature, and the chemical composition has been determined, it<br />
is used in vineyards and gardens.<br />
By 2011, Spier had been consistently recycling 85% of its solid waste, shares Frans<br />
Smit, CEO of this Stellenbosch wine farm, celebrated for its success stories around<br />
sustainability.<br />
“In the last 15 months, we managed to divert all waste, 95-98% recycled and the<br />
balance, to a waste-to-energy plant. In the twelve months to May 2022, our recycling<br />
and recovery efforts resulted in 73,832 kg less CO2 equivalent in the atmosphere,<br />
equalling 671m3 of landfill volume saved through waste diversion”, Smit<br />
continues. Since 2014, Spier has used the CCC Confronting Climate Change carbon<br />
calculator to measure the carbon footprint of their direct wine operations and seek<br />
ways to reduce this.<br />
HEIN KOEGELENBERG, CEO OF LA MOTTE WINE ESTATE,<br />
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SHARES HOW SOUTH AFRICA HAS COME FROM EVERYDAY<br />
QUALITY WINES TO EXCEPTIONAL, SITE-SPECIFIC WINE<br />
AUTUMN 2022 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE<br />
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