�������������� Your Total Environmentally Friendly Light Bulb Recycling Solution INSTITUTE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SOUTH AFRICA Small Waste Contractors 10 JUNE 2015 PRAVASHEN NAIDOO Pravashen@ewasteafrica.net Cell: 0832361632
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Our Journey Secures Technology Deputy Minister Offtake Agreements for Best Practice Visit Distribution Rights recycling bulbs by-products 2012 Feasibility study 12 months • 2013 Hazardous Waste licensing process begins • March E-Waste Founders visit our technology partners (UK) • May E-Waste signs purchase agreement for the Award Winning • Balcan Machinery, sole rights secured for Southern Africa June to now Lots of Negotiations with corporates and government institutions • 2014 Machine ready for Shipment • July HH Waste License Granted • August E-Waste Plant commissioning completed • October 24 th Deputy Minister Barbara Thomson officially opens the Recycling Facility •
Why South Africa 60 Million Bulbs containing Mercury rolled out since 2004 100’s of Millions of bulbs in circulation All Bulbs are dumped into landfills - Ban 2016 Landfill costs increasing year on year
Why E-Waste Africa We provide Industry with a feasible, environmentally friendly, cost effective, as well as, sustainable alternative to dumping and landfilling Bulbs ZERO HARM : Safe Reducing our Private sector Innovation: Plant can Disposal of CFL’s, stops Environmental Participation crush all types of mercury from Footprint : Plant uses initiative. Benchmark lamps. By-products contaminating our less than 15 kw of facility for SADC and are re-usable. land & water supply Power and no Water the AU
Executive Summary E-Waste Africa, a level 1 BBBEE company, can offer corporates and Government institutions a number of options for lamp waste disposal: onsite storage, collection, crushing and the heart of our business “lamp recycling”. This offering meets four critical needs to tackle the War on Waste Lower Hazardous Waste environmental footprint • Assist in achieving zero waste to landfill targets • Allow Industry to comply with Legislation: • It will help meet the National Environmental Management: Waste act 2008 o It will help meet the National CPA with the supplier/Manufacturer Responsibilities o Alignment to the EPR coming o Ban of all Light bulbs to landfill 2016 •
Thank You e e e e Waste Africa Your Total Environmentally Friendly Light Bulb Recycling Solution Contact Details Pravashen Naidoo Email: info@ewasteafrica.net Cell: 0832361632
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