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Heron In-vessel Composter Shredded food being mixed by the auger to aid in Pre-compost
aeration
food waste. It further provides data to Ruan Spies, Sustainability Manager at SO, HOW WILL IT WORK
help developments such as Waterfall the Waterfall Management Company FOR RESIDENTS?
measure the extent of food waste adds, “As a smart city, we deploy Essentially this will work much like
and its environmental impact. data to gain insight into how we can municipal services for general waste
best approach waste management. collections, with the designated
By putting a programme in place to This helps to determine our strategy organic waste bin being picked
compost food waste, Waterfall aims to tackle various challenges, which up once a week. Bins, already
to radically reduce the methane is instrumental in how we devise containing the microbes, will be
gases produced in the landfill from solutions that produce ecological and provided to kick‐start the reaction
food waste. This means, with every sustainable benefits that also drive with the organic waste and induce a
1 000kg of food waste, Waterfall economic and social advantages. fermentation process. Each weekly
is preventing the formation of Since the inception of the Heron IVC collection is then simply checked
617kg of greenhouse gases. machine, we have been encouraged and added to the IVC machine.
by the overwhelming support of the
Currently, the machine services the restaurant managers and associated Waterfall understands that the
Mall of Africa restaurants. The Mall waste management service providers success of this ambitious programme
has a central waste area where the in our community. It is a heartening rests firmly in the hands of the
food waste is sorted and separated. demonstration of their commitment to people who call Waterfall home –
The screening process is critical, as it being part of a safe, smart, thriving and whether for business, residential
needs to identify all types of waste, sustainable Waterfall development.” or leisure purposes. By building
including the biggest offenders, context and buy‐in through
plastic – specifically microplastics, From the time of its launch in November regular engagements, information
which can go undetected. This waste 2021, an impressive 197 tons of sharing and teach‐ins, the city
management solution solidifies the Waterfall’s food waste has been aims to ensure that responsible
Mall of Africa’s pioneering approach processed by the Heron IVC machine. waste management becomes part
of delivering an engaging retail and parcel of everyone’s DNA.
and lifestyle experience without WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
compromising on responsible The average household produces This is only one of many initiatives
environmental practices. 10 to 30kg of food waste a month, that Attacq and the Waterfall
which is why it will be imperative to Management Company have
The service will soon be extended eventually get residents on board implemented to reduce the overall
to eateries at the other Waterfall with the food waste composting waste and waste emissions footprint
shopping centres such as Polofields programme. After all, a small act in Waterfall. It reflects a conscious
Crossing and The Wilds Lifestyle such as utilising this food waste effort to create smart, sustainable
Centre – and eventually to all composting solution can have a and inclusive cities of the future.
households within the precinct. massive impact cumulatively.

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