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Ripples & Waves CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW
Water and the Apocalypse
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have just finished reading an article in Daily Maverick that has made my mind jump from water scenario to water scenario, which, frankly, frightened me. Some 30 years ago, I went to Lagos, Nigeria with an irrigation equipment manufacturer to investigate opportunities in the business of water in Nigeria. We stayed in a government rest-house on Victoria Island just off Lagos, and close to the various embassies – quite a posh area of town it was. Here I experienced for the first time in my life the evening song of many generators starting up as power failed at evening peak demand. I also experienced the regular loss of water for showering, as well as dire warnings not to drink the tap water, and use bottled water when brushing your teeth. Going into the city centre was an exercise in stop-start driving, where I learnt the nickname ‘go-slows’ for these traffic jams. Ubiquitous at these go-slows were vendors selling sachets of water with the unfortunate name “Urin”. Now this article: https://www. dailymaverick.co.za/article/202104-08-waterpreneurs-cash-in-onnigerian-governments-failure-todeliver-clean-water-to-islanders/ This is the story of another island some 2.5km west of the embassies and villas of
Victoria Island, but it is densely populated by shack-dwellers. Being shack-dwellers of little importance to government there is no water infrastructure, so ‘waterpreneurs’ are in the business of water supply – that is, collecting water on the mainland and on-selling. Quality control of these waterpreneurs is nil. Two phrases that caught my attention: “less than 10% of Nigerians can access clean water from pipes in their homes” and “16% of the people they surveyed said their source of drinking water caused them to fall ill at least once a month”. But that is Nigeria, and will not happen here in South Africa. Huh?!? Watch this Carte Blanche video, ‘Harrismith Water Heroes’ https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=D4RlzBV5S0A Another example of a municipality not bothering to ensure water supply to the biggest employer and major business is the town of Standerton. Poultry producer Astral Foods said the water supply constraints stemming from the deterioration of infrastructure in the Lekwa municipality, which supplies its processing plant in Standerton, were having significant cost implications for the company. In its recently reported interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2019, Astral said the worsening infrastructure had led to water supply interruptions to its poultry
plant, despite the proximity of Lekwa municipality to a substantial water source in the Vaal River. “A substantial ongoing undersupply of water has escalated, and this notwithstanding a permanent order of court requiring the Municipality to secure a minimum necessary supply. The total calculated impact on profits is currently at least R85 million.” I live in the idyllic seaside village of Bettys Bay in the Western Cape. Our water comes from the mountains under gravity, so pumps are not needed. It is easy to assume that even with a total neglect, at least water will still arrive under gravity. Not so! The reticulation system was installed 50-odd years ago and the piping is asbestos cement. These now burst on a regular basis – at least two a week. So far, we have a very efficient DA-led local authority and the town’s plumbing team arrive on-site to dig up and repair within a few hours of the leak being reported, and at any time of day or night. These are some of the various scenarios that flashed through my head after reading the Lagos story. Now, why am I writing all of this? Firstly, the Lagos waterpreneurs are actually in the bottled water business, albeit not quite what we know as such. Second, I do foresee such dire scenarios spreading more widely throughout South Africa. This is an opportunity for our bottled water industry; and more particularly for bottlers of those 20L carbuoys that are popped onto water dispensers. Worldwide China consumes the largest volume of bottled water, followed by the US, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil and Germany. Some of these developing countries, notably Mexico, Indonesia and Brazil, choose (by not investing so much in potable water treatment to focus on other fields such as health and education) to provide lowerquality water at the tap, and rely on the private sector to provide jugs filled with potable water. Maybe this is the future in South Africa? Yours in water John Weaver
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SANBWA continues to protect water sources with 4th version of
SANBWA Bottled Water Standard
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he South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) continues to prioritise protection of the country’s water sources in the justlaunched 4th version of its world-leading Bottled Water Standard. The 1st version of the standard was published over 21 years ago after SANBWA was formed in 1997, and its 3rd version was the first worldwide to include requirements for water source control and environmental stewardship. A single standard covering legal, hygiene, food safety and quality, and environmental requirements, the SANBWA Bottled Water Standard continues to benchmark favourably against international standards and: • ensures legal compliance • is fully auditable so that a single audit can ensure that all legal and food safety requirements have been met, thereby protecting the bottler and enabling it to prove due diligence • helps bottlers identify the area where they still need to improve • assists retailers and consumers to select suppliers of safe bottled water. Its commitment to environmental stewardship includes many measures to ensure:
• source sustainability and protection • water usage minimisation • energy efficiency • solid waste minimisation • support for post-consumer recycling initiatives. When it comes to source water protection, before a bottler is accepted as a SANBWA member, it must provide an independent hydrogeological and vulnerability report. The purpose of this report is to detail the physiography, geology and hydrogeology of the resource; the quantity of water available; the water quality, both chemical and microbiological; and vulnerability of the water resource to contamination as well as the location of known possible contamination points. There are 12 minimum requirements for the hydrogeology and vulnerability report. Once this is reviewed by a SANBWAappointed hydrogeologist and the bottler is accepted as a member, our standard requires that a documented source water protection plan shall be in place and risks reviewed annually. The focus of this protection plan must be on protecting the quantity of water supply and shall include source vulnerability assessment to identify sources of potential pollution and other risk factors, a risk-based source
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monitoring programme and a source protection plan to ensure sustainability of quantity of water supply. The standard also protects the quality of the water source by requiring the facility to have a waste water disposal system approved by the local authority. Where the waste water is not discharged into a municipal system, there shall be a documented effluent management plan and map to minimise risk to the environment. Further, the location of any sewage system, for example septic tanks and field drains, shall not potentially contaminate the water source or facility water systems. Finally, there shall be no evidence of flooding, leakage or pollution of the water source. According to SANBWA CEO Charlotte Metcalf, sustainability is also ensured by the requirement that water extraction volumes shall be monitored and shall not exceed the volumes and conditions set out in the water license granted by the issuing authority. Monitoring water usage also allows the bottling facility to determine the efficiency of water use with a water usage ratio calculated monthly, recorded, monitored and reported at management reviews. The standard also requires management to establish, evaluate and review targets and strategies to minimise water usage. Every year, SANBWA’s third-party and independent auditing body – NSF – audits members to ensure that their source, bottling facility, final product and every aspect of their bottling process adheres to SANBWA’s stringent standards, she said. The SANBWA audit consists of a desk study performed by specialists and an onsite audit performed by an experienced auditor, and
Ripples & Waves requires a total of 24 man-hours of indepth inspection and evaluation. The source is inspected physically every year and tests results are scrutinised. Compliance is achieved with an overall score of at least 85% and 100% for critical and fundamental requirements. Only then are member bottlers allowed to display the SANBWA logo on their bottled water products. The SANBWA logo acts as a seal of quality, and guarantees to consumers the safety and sustainability of the water source. If the brand of bottled water you are buying doesn’t display the logo, ask yourself ‘why not?’. Minimum requirements of the SANBWA hydrogeology and vulnerability report: • Where the source is. Two maps are required, one at a regional scale, and the other at a local scale. • What is the nature of the catchment? Describe the physiography, the vegetation, the usage of the catchment, activities in the catchment, and any manmade structures. • What the geology of the area is, including a map at a suitable scale. • What is the groundwater regime, including a description of the aquifer being exploited and the local and regional groundwater flow directions. • An assessment of the flow rate of the source if a spring, and if a borehole, an evaluation of the sustainable yield. The drilling report and the testpumping report should be included, if available. The actual abstraction rates must be given. • Catchment study: Delineate the catchment, describe recharge to the aquifer and the recharge zones, and delineate the capture zones for the borehole. Note that an exhaustive and intensive study is not required; the hydrogeologist must use available data and provide his/her interpretation. • Department of Water Affairs: Record the various water resource points that have been registered and also the licensing of these. The hydrogeologist must specifically note whether or not the proposed source has been licensed for the proposed commercial use, and include copies of the various licenses. • What is the microbiological composition
and chemical character of the water, as well as an evaluation of these results. The laboratory results must be included in the report. See reference table 1 A, B and 2 A, B in the SANBWA Standard. • A detailed description of the borehole or spring protection in the immediate surrounds of the abstraction point. Include a note on water flow measuring and water level measuring. • Who else is exploiting the aquifer in the near vicinity, and who might have an
impact on the source being described? A map showing these points of extraction must be included. • An assessment of the vulnerability of the aquifer to any form of contamination, taking into account the aquifer type and catchments morphology, • A review of all potential polluting activities in the area, including an assessment of the potential impact of these activities on the source. A map showing the location of these activities must be included.
BENCHMARK SANBWA Packaged Water Standard: Requirements for Source Water, Processing and Packaging Version 4.0 | September 2019 ELEMENTS
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Ripples & Waves Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) positively impacting 6 million lives through improved clean water access, sanitation across the continent
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ater security is critical to building resilient communities and economic empowerment across Africa. As part of its week-long celebration of World Water Day (March 22), The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) announced the achievement of the Replenish Africa Initiative’s (RAIN) current goal to improve access to clean water for 6 million people. RAIN, launched in 2009, is TCCF’s flagship clean water programme in Africa, contributing to helping countries across the continent achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals on clean water and sanitation (SDG 6). Today’s 6-million-person achievement is the result of a collective effort from over 300 international and local public, private and civil society partners. As part of the celebrations for World Water Day 2021, RAIN partners gathered virtually for a panel discussion to mark the achievement of the programme and share best practices for replication from the programme. “RAIN is a testament to the power of collective action,” said Bea Perez, chair
and president, The Coca-Cola Foundation. “Working with our partners, RAIN’s transformative impact can be felt today in 4 000 African communities. This programme drives impact for the Sustainable Development Goals and our focus on people, communities, and the environment.” Over the course of the past decade, RAIN has improved access to clean water for communities, schools, and clinics across 41 African countries as well as enhanced access to hygiene and promoted better hygiene behaviours. The WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programme has also enabled the economic empowerment of people by creating opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and skills generation. In addition, RAIN has helped to protect critical watersheds, supported several African utilities in coping with the rapidly growing water demand in cities, and delivered essential hygiene items and personal protective equipment to help slow the spread of COVID-19. RAIN has developed a number of important learnings and
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recommendations, including: • Emphasising partnerships with urban and peri-urban utilities to help increase their capacity to better serve Africa’s expanding urban environments; • Accelerating integrated water resources management efforts to decrease stress on food production, water supply and sanitation services; • Enhancing source protection for priority watersheds that serve the drinking water needs of millions of Africans; • Addressing the gender gap and focusing on the needs of women who play a critical role in community resilience and are uniquely empowered by WASH access; • Improving the collection, accessibility, sharing and use of data to monitor WASH services; improving performance, planning and decision making; • Supporting civil society and communities to help build resilience to water-related climate change impacts. “Africa is experiencing the highest rate of urban growth globally and is home to 21 of the world’s 30 fastest-growing cities,” said Bruno Pietracci, president for The Coca-Cola Company’s Africa operating unit. “Africa is also more vulnerable to climate change than any other region. The Coca-Cola Foundation is committed to working with communities and governments to enhance climate change adaptation and helping to address the challenges that urbanisation creates for the delivery of clean water and sanitation throughout the continent.” Key RAIN achievements to date include: • Over 6 million people with improved access to WASH • 120 programmes supported in 41 countries • 17 urban utilities strengthened • Enabled the empowerment of 480 000+ women and girls • 1 200 schools with improved WASH access • 245 000 patients, nurses, and doctors with improved WASH access in their healthcare facility • 4 000+ healthier and more productive communities • Supported 350 000+ people during the COVID-19 pandemic with WASH, personal protective equipment (PPE), handwashing stations, and hygiene supplies.
Ripples & Waves MEMBER NEWS
Fortune Flavours the Bold! SANBWA member THIRSTI has launched a bold new range of flavoured waters with an instore and online campaign with the tagline ‘Fortune Flavours the Bold’. The range’s taste profile and packaging design reflects THIRSTI’s bold and ever-growing presence in the beverage space and its ‘bold in business’
approach to everything it tackles. The consumer campaign features many exciting elements, including extraordinary prizes to look out for. Included in the flavour line-up is Fresh Litchi, Zesty Lemon, Brilliant Berry, Mouthwatering Naartjie, Delicious Granadilla and Refreshing Pineapple.
MEMBER NEWS
aQuellé opens new bottling facility SANBWA member aQuellé has finished construction of its new bottling facility on Emseni farm, adjacent to the site of the original plant. Meaning ‘Place of Grace’, Emseni beautifully describes the scenery surrounding the facility and its intention to increase job opportunities in nearby communities so that livelihoods are improved and children are given PP020.pdf 1 2018/05/09 16:30 better prospects.
Founded in 1998 in the humble beginnings of a 360m² bottling plant, aQuellé’s new facility comes in at over 23 000m². Construction commenced in March 2020 and was completed by mid-December – an astounding 9 months, despite the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and the related national lockdowns. The plant was planned and machinery purchased with the aim of being as energyefficient and environmentally-friendly as possible.
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We wish aQuellé all the best, so that the brand grows from strength to strength to benefit the communities it trades in, and the bottled water industry as a whole.
Shrink wrap labels and their impact on recycling
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etailers seeking to make choices that benefit the environment should avoid products packaged with shrink labels. Similarly, they should consider the ‘green credentials’ of alternatives to what are called ‘shrink sleeves’ in the trade. That’s the message from Extrupet joint managing director Chandru Wadhwani, in response to the common misconception that using shrink sleeves benefit the recycling process. “Unfortunately, that’s just not true. Shrink sleeve labels, especially those manufactured from PVC and PET, pose significant challenges to the recycling process for post-consumer PET bottles,” he said. As a PET bottle-to-bottle recycler, Extrupet, along with the guidance of PETCO, has fought hard to change the mentality and raise awareness of how shrink sleeve packaging in South Africa is detrimental to the greater recycling industry. “The simple fact is that bottles can’t be ‘de-sleeved easily for recycling’, as many providers of the technology claim. In addition, the associated costs are often prohibitive and, as a result, many shrinksleeved PET bottles are never collected for recycling and end up in landfills or oceans. Furthermore, there is no end-of-life use for these PVC and PET shrink sleeve labels. This renders them all to the waste stream,” he stipulated. Wadhwani encouraged all brand owners, converters and machinery manufacturers to be more attentive to the packaging design of products they are putting to market. “The effects of ‘design for recycling’ on sustainability and the circular economy play a big role and one that the whole value chain needs to be a part of. However, we can only do so if we are aware and educated about the issues the recycling industry faces,” he said. Misconceptions and blatant disinformation about recycling are among the biggest challenges faced by the bottled water industry and the recycling sector in South Africa, according to SANBWA CEO Charlotte Metcalf. “Instead of following international trends blindly, producers, consumers and legislators must do what’s best for South
Africa. And they can do that by critically examining the new technologies mooted to determine if they are applicable to the South African situation or if they would disrupt the very successful recycling streams that we have,” she said. “For example, many are punting biodegradable bottles. South Africa’s recycling ecosystem, however, can’t accommodate these at present. And, if they are – by mistake – recycled with PET, the PET is contaminated and rendered worthless. “Another example is the ‘box’ or ‘carton’. There are very few recycling plants in South Africa that can separate the cardboard from the ‘sleeve’ that ensures it doesn’t leak. As a result, they can’t be recycled and yet people believe boxed water is an alternative to PET.” The best option, according to Metcalf, is to opt for a PET bottle and to recycle it. The PET recycling stream in South Africa is robust and well-managed, and supports close to 66 000 South Africans. As a country, 62% of PET bottles are recycled and, in 2019, 95 879 tonnes of post-consumer PET bottles were collected, which would otherwise have occupied 594 448m³ of landfill space and produced 144 000 tonnes of carbon emissions. Aside from these environmental benefits, PET recycling also generated 65 900 income-earning opportunities among informal reclaimers and SMMEs, with R1.1bn injected into the downstream economy via the manufacturing, distribution and sale of products made from recycled PET (rPET). PETCO’s Designing for the Environment Guideline encourages packaging designers, brand owners and converters to design and specify PET containers with the environment in mind, that are compatible with South Africa’s available collection and recycling infrastructure, and that are aligned with the end-use markets prevalent in the region.
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They also encourage the inclusion of recycled content (rPET) in PET packaging alongside transparency about the usage of rPET and the recyclability of the packaging. In terms of the use of labels and adhesives, the guidelines specify tamper-evident seals and sleeves that completely detach from PET bottles during the reprocessing or washing phase of recycling. They recommend avoiding the use of foil tamper-evident seals that leave remnants of foil and adhesive behind, as well as PET or PVC sleeves and labels with PET bottles. Additionally, the guidelines point out that metallised/foil labels on film are costly to remove, increase contamination and have the potential to devalue the collected material. They also increase the rejection rate in the sorting line and reduce the yield. Paper labels aren’t ideal either, especially on plastic film because they cause significant problems in conventional recycling. Recyclers prefer polyethylene and polypropylene labels. Where adhesives are absolutely necessary, the guidelines suggest those that are soluble or alkali- soluble at 60˚C to 80˚C. For selfadhesive labels, they recommend glue that is designed to stay on the label.
Avoid bottled water ‘fake news’
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ith South Africa and its citizens having to deal with uncertainty on many levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s only natural that myths, urban legends and fake news stories abound. The best advice is to rely on common sense because remaining hydrated is an important part of everyday health. Water, in all its forms, is a vital component of our diet, as well as the healthiest beverage option for societies plagued by diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Spurning a drink of water from a bottle simply because you have been influenced by incorrect facts could be the wrong thing to do. Rather arm yourself with the facts and take care of your health. Here are the most common myths about bottled water and SANBWA’s responses to these: • Bottled water bottles leach harmful chemicals into the water when they are frozen or heated No, they do not. Like most bottles containing other beverages, bottled water bottles in South Africa can be made from glass or PET. PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, is a well-accepted package all over the world and is completely safe to drink from. The idea that PET bottles ‘leach’ harmful chemicals when frozen or heated in hot cars is not based on any science, and is unsubstantiated by any credible evidence. • Bottled water ‘goes off’ if it is stored too long in the store, in a warehouse or in a cupboard at home
In theory, unopened bottled water products can usually be stored indefinitely, provided that they were produced according to good manufacturing practises adhering to legislation and SANBWA standards and that the bottles are kept in the proper environment (cool, dark conditions are best). However, typically, bottled water manufacturers indicated a shelf life of one to two years. The confusion (or problem) arises when organisations try to offer ‘the best of both worlds’. For example, filtering tap water and filling it in a bottle in a restaurant for on-site consumption mimics bottled water as a category but does not offer the safety of bottled-water-specific legislation. Bottled water needs to be produced under hygienic food facility conditions to be able to offer shelf life and consumer safety. • You can’t reuse a bottled water bottle Like lunch boxes, Tupperware and other food or beverage containers, PET bottles can be reused if you take steps to prevent the growth of bacteria. Wash all your containers, not just PET bottles, with hot soapy water and dry thoroughly between each use. Further, when looking for a bottle for long-term use, pay attention to the design of it and its closure. Make certain you can easily get into all ‘nooks and crannies’ in order to be able to clean it properly. For general hygiene, and not only in times of a pandemic, you must take extra care to avoid touching the opening where you drink from and preferably do not share any container with another person. • PET contains many dangerous chemicals like dioxins, BPA and DEHA as well as endocrine disrupters No, no, no and no. There is no dioxin in PET plastic. Dioxin, a chlorine-containing chemical that has no role or presence in the chemistry of PET, is formed by combustion in incinerators at temperatures above 1 700 degrees Fahrenheit. Bisphenol A (BPA) is not used to make PET, nor is it used to make any of the component materials
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used to make PET. DEHA is not present in PET, either as a raw material or as a decomposition product. DEHA is also not classified as a human carcinogen and is not considered to pose any significant health risk to humans. It can be found in water – bottled or tap water – and is then called DOA. DOA is one of the organic containments commonly found at trace levels in just about all drinking water. There are no substances known that can migrate from PET that could be responsible for the endocrine disruptors (substances having a hormonal effect) identified in a study commonly referred to as the ‘Goethe Study’. • The bottled water industry is wasteful and uses far too much water Not at all. Water footprint is a concept that evaluates the amount of water needed to produce an item of consumption: for example, the production of 1kg of beef requires 16 000 litres of water; to produce 1kg of maize requires 900L of water; one cup of coffee needs 140L of water; and to produce one sheet of A4 paper requires 10L of water. Bottled water’s is 1.8L. Looked at it another way, ‘water usage’ refers to how much water is used to make one finished product; in bottled water’s case, one litre of bottled water. This measure includes both direct and indirect water usage (in the bottled water industry, that would be water for rinsing and sanitising bottles, plant and general cleaning and sanitation, vehicle washing, floor washing, toilets etc.) and includes water from boreholes and municipal source. The South African industry water usage benchmark is 1.8:1. There are plants that achieve ratios as low as 1.3:1. • People who drink bottled water should be drinking tap water. They are. One of the biggest myths is assuming that people drink bottled water in place of tap water, which is not the case. Industry research in the US shows most people who drink bottled water also drink tap water, and they choose accessible, calorie-free bottled water as an alternative to less healthy packaged drinks.
MEMBER NEWS
Safripol officially signs Operation Clean Sweep pledge
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ETCO member Safripol, one of Africa’s leading polymer producers, has signed the international Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) pledge, which aims to instil responsible industrial waste management practices and reduce plastic leakage into the environment. According to Gert Claasen, technology and innovation executive at Safripol, the OCS pledge firmly aligns with their recently launched ‘Let’s Plastic Responsibly’ campaign, which encourages the responsible use of plastics. “From a Safripol perspective, it was important for us to pledge our commitment to Operation Clean Sweep as the entire plastics industry needs to work together to create an environment which is free from plastic pollution. The signing of the pledge demonstrates Safripol’s leadership and commitment in this regard, by putting mechanisms in place aimed at keeping plastic resin out of the environment and ensuring that plastic remains a resource in the materials loop,” Claasen said. Safripol committed to the OCS Pledge in December 2020 and commemorated this declaration by hosting their annual ocean clean-up event at the Umgeni river mouth and the Blue Lagoon beach in KwaZulu-Natal. The pledge was formally signed at the company’s Sasolburg operations on 19 February 2021. Douw Steyn, Plastics SA’s sustainability director, officiated the ceremony and presented an overview of the OCS implementation plan before conducting a walkabout through their facility to identify possible areas of improvement. Avashnee Chetty, Safripol sustainability manager, explained one of the main reasons for plastic resin ending up in the environment is due
to poor waste management practices. This can be as a result of sub-optimal operations, poor housekeeping, poor bagging and storage practices, and losses suffered during transportation. To prevent this, Safripol has implemented many of the interventions suggested in the OCS toolkit, developed by Plastics SA. Both the company’s Sasolburg and Durban facilities are ISO 14001:2015-certified, which ensures that optimal environmental waste management practices are implemented throughout its operations. Additionally, to minimise possible exposure to pellet leakage in their supply chain, Safripol also has emergency clean-up protocols in place with all its approved distributors to ensure that no resin is lost during distribution. “Signing the pledge afforded us a valuable opportunity to review our current environmental practices and identify opportunities for continual improvement. Preventing plastic leakage is not only important in terms of preserving our natural environment, but it also makes business sense. As a
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polymer and plastic pellet producer, we feel that this is only one of many steps the plastics industry as a whole need to take to ensure we shape our world responsibly for the future. Zero resin leakage into the environment can only be truly realised if the entire value chain is mobilised around this cause. We therefore encourage all our customers and stakeholders to also take the OCS pledge,” Chetty concluded. On top of signing the pledge, Safripol has been working closely with PETCO to sponsor bulk bags to SMMEs, collectors and buy-back centres to assist with the collection and storage of recyclable materials. Bulk bags play a simple but essential role in storing large volumes of collected PET plastic bottles. PETCO recently partnered with Safripol and Extrupet to hand over 25 bulk bags and blankets to Itsoseng Primary Cooperative Limited in Bethlehem in the Free State. The six-member co-op runs a buy-back centre at the Dihlabeng municipal landfill site. Around 80 informal collectors sort and sell recyclables on-site, with monthly PET volumes alone amounting to six tonnes, making more bags necessary for good business.
Ripples & Waves SANBWA Member Update
Name • Address • Telephone • Facsimile • Contact Person
Members
Affiliate members
Aqua Monte – TruBev (Pty) Ltd PO Box 2, Baynesfield, KZN, 3770 • 033 251 0653 • Evan Antel
Alpla Trading SA (Pty) Ltd PO Box 4451, The Reeds, 0158 • 012 657 8683 • Johnny Magalo
aQuellé Private Bag 260, Kranskop, 3268 • 032 481 5005 • 032 481 5006 • Ruth Combrink
Extrupet (Pty) Ltd PO Box 14112, Wadeville, 1422 • 011 865 8380 • Fax 011 865 4254 • Shaun Bouwer – National Sales & Marketing Manager
Bené PO Box 1098, Walkerville, 1876 • 082 881 9860 • 078 644 7780 • Wendy Anderson
Fontana Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd 150 Maclean Street, Umkomaas, 4170 • 039 973 2690 • Cameron Buys – Sales Manager
Bonaqua – Coca-Cola South Africa 116 Oxford Rd, Cnr Glenhove, Rosebank, 2198 • 086 011 2526 • 011 644 0586 • Terreisha Naidoo
Krones Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd Private Bag X 42, Bryanston, 2021 • 011 065 5700 • 086 522 6176 • Des Haddon – Sales & Marketing Manager
Cape Aqua Minerale P.O. Box 234, Somerset Mall, 7137 • 021 854 6477 • Richard Whitehead
MPACT Plastics Wadeville PO Box 14093, Wadeville, 1422 • 011 418 6061 086 574 6481 • Mayuri Naidoo – National Sales Manager
Clover Waters: Nestlé Pure Life PO Box 6161, Weltevreden Park, 1715 • 011 471 1400 • Kara Klopper
NSF-CMi Africa PO Box 12900, Die Boord, 7613 • 021 880 2024 • 021 880 2840 • Wouter Conradie – General Manager
Dargle Water(Pty) Ltd 21 Petrus Stroom Road, Dargle, KZN, 3265 • 033 815 9540 • Erich Schravesande Designer Water PO Box 226, Fourways, Centurion, Pretoria, 2086 • 087 550 1231 • John Thompson
PET Recycling Company NPC t/a PETCO P.O. Box 680, Constantia, 7848 • 021 794 6300 (Cpt) • 011 615 8875 (Jhb) • Cheri Scholtz – Chief Executive Officer
Di Bella Spring Water PO Box 1516, Ladybrand, 9745 • 082 862 0752 • Maurizio Di Bella
Polypet (Division of Polyoak Packaging) PO Box 125, Plumstead, 7801 • 021 710 9200 • 021 712 1342 • Craig Mackintosh – National Executive: Polypet
Durr Bottling: Aquabella, Fontein PO Box 502, S-Paarl, 7624 • 021 863 3485 • 021 863 0590 • Leslee Durr
Radical Waters PO Box 6482, Halfway House, 1685 • 011 466 0610 • Nikki Wilson – Executive Vice President Marketing & Operations
La Vie De Luc PO Box 15, Franschhoek, 7690 • 021 876 2559 • 021 876 2652 • Christian Von Palace Oryx Aqua PO Box 474, Naboomspruit, 0560 • 014 743 2421 • Magda van den Berg
Volume Injection Products (Pty) Ltd PO Box 5, Gonubie, 5256 • 043 732 1178 • Sam Waterson
Pioneer Foods (Pty) Ltd PO Box 177, Ceres, 6835 • 023 313 3701 • 023 313 3410 • Paul Collingridge
All correspondence and enquiries should be addressed to Charlotte Metcalf at: SANBWA, PO Box 7649, Halfway House, 1685 Telephone: (011) 884 5916 Facsimile: 086 568 4862 Email: sanbwa@worldonline.co.za
Thirsti Water P.O. Box 13559, Cascades, 3202 • 034 314 9801 • Rob Hoatson Valpré – Coca-Cola South Africa 116 Oxford Rd, Cnr Glenhove, Rosebank, 2198 • 011 644 0666 • 011 644 0586 • Terreisha Naidoo
Visit us on our website: www.sanbwa.org.za
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