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WALKING THE

GREEN TALK

Waterfall is closing the loop on waste

W aterfall prioritises Commenting on Waterfall’s new mix of specially developed

initiative, Head of Sustainability at
indigenous South African
sustainability
micro‐organisms, is added.
and responsible
Attacq, Kyra Rautenbach says, “We are
environmental
stewardship as a strategic imperative, incredibly proud to launch our 80‐ 3. Over the next 14 days, the magic
happens. Microbes populate and
ton IVC composting machine, which
keeping the preservation of will take residents’ and businesses’ reproduce beneficial microbes
people and planet at the core of its food waste that would usually have within the composting vessel.
operating model. To this end, Attacq gone into a landfill and convert it These help to break down the
and the Waterfall Management into a pre‐compost. This initiative waste and turn it into organic
Company have partnered in forms part of our integrated waste compost. Waste with little
innovation that incorporates circular management plan and is a result of value, such as waterlogged
economy methods in their green in‐depth research into our tenants’ boxes or egg cartons that are
solutions. A great example of the spaces. Not only did we audit their food-contaminated, can also be
success of this collaboration is the waste to understand what was being processed through the composter –
revolutionary and hardworking generated, but we also established ultimately ensuring that no organic
Heron IVC (in‐vessel composter) how and where it’s disposed of once waste ends up at the landfill.
machine, a waste management it leaves Waterfall. Insights from this 4. The result? Nutrient‐dense compost
optimisation solution that will reduce research helped to identify where that can be added to traditional
waste and landfills in the area. the real waste opportunities lie garden compost and used across
and revealed how we can continue the landscaped areas in Waterfall.
The Heron IVC, a mechanism that to enhance our sustainability
has been in the making for almost principles and practices.” HOME-GROWN SOLUTIONS
two years, is now turning trash into Proudly manufactured and
landscaping treasure. The system A BREAKDOWN OF THE developed in South Africa, the
comprises a large scale, aerobic SYSTEM Heron IVC is low energy and uses
composting machine that can process 1. Wheelie bins holding food waste mechanical aeration to turn organic
up to 80 000kg of food waste per are weighed and the waste is waste into compost. It can process
month, ultimately helping responsible discharged into the unit’s shredder. between 60 and 80 tons of waste
citizens fight the great carbon battle 2. Shredded food is automatically in just one month, consequently
while also creating a nutrient-rich added to the composting reducing the logistical costs and the
fertiliser for gardens, parks and fields. vessel and Earth Bokashi, a risk of non‐collections of putrescible

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