Green Economy Journal Issue 57

WASTE
Waste minimisation programme
IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS in Limpopo
Waste management, inadequate diversion and the depletion of landfill space remains a challenge
in South Africa. However, there are opportunities to not only alleviate the waste but also create
jobs and positively impact livelihoods.
Invest in
Industrial Efficiency
• Long term sustainability through resource savings
• Economic growth
• Environmental compliance
• Contributes to social development
Services include:
Green skills development
National Cleaner
Production Centre
South Africa
A national industrial
support programme that
partners with industry to
drive the transition towards
a green economy and
save money.
BY NCPC-SA
A
recent event hosted by the Limpopo Department of Economic
Development, Environment and Tourism in collaboration
with the National Cleaner Production Centre of South
Africa (NCPC-SA) highlighted the impact made through a waste
minimisation programme in the province over the past three years.
Since taking off in 2019, the Industrial Symbiosis Programme or ISP
as it is more commonly known has successfully diverted 49 518 tons of
waste from landfills, saving 181 370 tons in CO 2 emissions and unlocked
economic opportunities in the province.
National programme manager, Victor Manavhela, says, “This event is
evidence that we can transition to a waste-free society and use waste
as a resource to change lives. We are looking to replicate this work in all
the provinces in the next few years.”
The ISP, facilitated by the NCPC-SA, has been a successful partnership
project in many provinces that aims to reduce waste to landfills and
encourage waste circularity or resource exchanges.
NATIONAL PROGRAMME, LOCAL IMPACT
A year after establishing the industrial symbiosis partnership,
Dziphathutshedzo Green Surfacing and PWK Waste Management
Recycling has already diverted 11 tons of waste from the landfill.
Dziphathutshedzo Green Surfacing recycled HDPE plastic that
was collected and stockpiled by PWK Waste Management and
manufactured it into eco-friendly and durable paving bricks and
stepping stones.
This is just one of the 40 IS success stories that were celebrated at
the Limpopo ISP impact and information-sharing workshop. The
The NCPC-SA team: Victor Manavhela, Annah Mothapo and Matimba Makhani.
We can transition to a waste-free
society and use waste as a resource
to change lives.
Industry and sector knowledge sharing
Company technical support
Contact us for a free assessment
www.ncpc.co.za
ncpc@csir.co.za
workshops demonstrated how Limpopo ISP assisted industry in the
surrounding area to recover and redirect residual resources for reuse by
employing IS principles.
The ISP is a free facilitation service that promotes the exchange of
one company’s residual resources (material, energy, water, waste,
assets, logistics and expertise, etc) with another that can benefit from
them.
Including Limpopo, the NCPC-SA implements the ISP in Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State. The NCPC-SA is a
national industry support programme managed by the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research on behalf of the Department of Trade,
Industry and Competition.
To find out more about the ISP and/or the work of the NCPC-SA,
please visit www.ncpc.co.za or email ncpc@csir.co.za.
THA 05-2023
Funded by the dtic, hosted by the CSIR
Victor Manavhela, NCPC-SA national programme manager at Limpopo ISP.
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