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- Over 90% of South Africa's reusable waste ends up in rubbish dumps. The Regenize start-up wants to increase recycling. It employs former informal waste collectors to pick up reusable trash, and rewards participating households with vouchers.
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I went to school with Chad. Man always had a passion for the environment.
In sweden we pay R1.75 extra for plastic bottles but get that back when we return them, like a deposit.
damn ok yeah guess we should creative initiative
That's the type of initiatives we need to see much more of in SA. Thanks to the initiators!
This innovation can really create a exponential change in South Africa. I hope they do reach the whole South African population.
First of all, I did not expect to see Chad in a Deutsche Welle segment! Way to go man! Im a Capetonian and in my household we recycle religiously. Well done on Chad for bringing this into the communities where far more environmental education is needed.
Planet doesn't care, we are saving ourselves.
Absolutely right. Watch George Carlin with Safe the Planet on TH-cam.
@@JH-kh4bo "the planet is tine. The people are screwed."
Planet is fine without humans.
@@simmysims9209 George Carlin Saving the Planet....on youtube ....must watch. He gets it on the point.
Another great startup in this field in South Africa is The Compost Kitchen. They work with organic waste and make sure it gets finds its way back into the local soil.
Great initiative. May it go from strength to strength.
Everybody easily forgets the importance of REDUCING consumption and REUSING materials before resorting to RECYCLING (which is the easy part)!
Save Our Planet
Well done. Joburg needs this too
South Africa and South African people are cool! The country is getting better ❤
Living in a different reality? The country is and has only been getting worse for many many years now due to a corrupt government.
The space between the ears seems to be missing it's eyes.
We dont need app start ups
We need these kind of startups😊
this is a wonderful initiative, I hope it keeps growing.
Here in Pretoria the trash are picked clean as soon as you put the bins out. But yeah this will work great if it comes here.
Could this young man work with the Court System and get help from people assigned to do Community Service (rather than sit in jail & watch TV).
I moved to Cape Town in 2018 and was happy to see the recycling truck go by 1x a week. In Brazil they spend twice a week. But unfortunately they canceled everything and never resumed anything. It's been 3 years without recycling and without information. Trash tripped. I keep separating the garbage into different plastics as I've done for 30 years... But everything in the end is mixed. We tried to locate companies, public authorities, nothing, everyone informed that the services were suspended. The country loses, the environment loses, the South Africans lose in quality of life, economic progress and environmental protection. I am so sorry. We expect an organization with a sustainable strategy and implementation. So far, nothing...Hare Krishna 🙏🏻🌷🙏🏿
We do this in Joburg
I would sort my trash without the need for vouchers. What I wont do is pay for recycling, already pay the City of Cape Town for refuse removal not paying twice.
My city in the Eastern Cape doesn’t even do that
@@misterx1342 lol q'bergha
So they are dirt poor but have iphones, Great
I love Cape Town 🇿🇦
I would guess that Germany produces way more plastic waste given it’s a lot more developed than South Africa.
It is unrealistic to put the responsibility on consumers to recycle. Most people who do recycle don't do it properly and still produce considerable trash. To get 100 percent sustainability, we must continue materials research and slowly put in laws which require manufacturers to use sustainable materials. Although this initiative is doing good, it is never going to have a tangible impact besides making people feel good about themselves.
Glass is recyclable
@@lazry3208 It's also biodegradeable. You never hear about an island of glass floating over the pacific.
Recycling is one big step in that direction. Plastic bottles should be sold with a deposit system so that they sre given back and not thrown away. SA should have a look how Germany is doing that.
Great Initiative - hope it snowballs into one of a number of South Africa's approaches to cleaning up the environment - alongside building Employment, Education, Training and Innovation 💡👏😀
We need infrastructure for innovations like Hemp plastic which is biodegradable, cause I dont think corporations are gonna stop using plastic anytime soon it's too convenient but horribly destructive to nature and to our selfs because of the high amounts of microplastics we unknowingly ingest
what a difference they are making! God bless them
...just don't hold your breath when waiting for any government support!
Place CCTV cameras to monitor who is dumping waste. However, there are so many alternatives which are 100% biodegradable as well as using your own containers to buy in bulk shops or at local farmer markets which is the best.
Where there's a will there is a way!
'pilot project' .. jesus christ. Weve been recycling in western europe for at least 30y. Belgium is one of the highest recycle percentage of the world.
I love what you guys are doing! This is so amazing, creating opportunities for those who don't have the facilities and educating / motivating people on recycling :)
What are the different ways one could become involved in your project?
Wonderful. I wish you well with this endeavour. It is much needed. Landfills are full to overflowing. We do have a rather good recycling depot, but have to take the recycling there ourselves.
Good luck
Hey look I picked up some trash :)
Manufactures: Ooooh, let me pack these 3 bottles into another box and then ship them in another box along with some shrink wrap for you.
Kraft: You want some cheese slices too???
Aaww I was hoping to hear our favourite South African DW reporter, what happened to him...?
More companies need to use recycled materials in their production process.
Educate people and more especially the children from schools and the pice force about maintaining a clean environment. It should start from schools to homes.
I agree. There should be school projects and recycling competitions. It should be a bottom up approach because thats how parents will also take interest in these issues and learn from their kids.
We had that growing up in Sweden, one day every year we had to spend the whole day walking around town picking up trash. I think it’s very effective
Thumbs up guys, I hope someone else learn a thing or two from you!!!
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We owe our thanks to the many waste collectors pushing their heavily laden trolleys in the heat of summer and in the cold and dark of winter putting themselves in harms way to eke out a living. They create more awareness of recycling and waste management than any municiality has ever done. These are essential workers who should be substituted by municipalities.
They should be proud of themselves. This is a great initiative and makes your country a better place for future genrations.
Well done Chad !!
Nothing but corruption in eThekwini Municipality Recycling. My plastic and paper waste is never collected just ends up all over the street as DSW doesn't pick up the rubbish.
Excellent initiative/project and business. It should also get the CNN innovation and environment award! 👍
Excellent work Chad to you and your team.👍
The recycling of trash was something new in the late 90', how the world delay to incorporate to the production system.
Here in my town the waste is dumped around town
Population needs to be in balance with jobs, resources, nature and the environment. Humans are crowding out all other species of plants and animals. Men need to be more responsible for their children or get a vasectomy. More people demand more resources. Endless population growth is not sustainable on a finite planet.
Recycling is not working anywhere. It is cheaper to make new plastic.
Yeah right I'm gonna separate my garbage for recycling I'm not poor.
We must save our mother earth through recycling the biodegradable materials that stuck in our house. Let's unite to take some action to lessen the garbage problems in our society. 🙏❤️👍
Eu mudei para Cape Town em 2018 e fiquei feliz em ver o caminhão de reciclagem passar 1x por semana. No Brasil passam 2 vezes por semana. Mas infelizmente cancelaram tudo e nunca mais retomaram nada. São 3 anos sem reciclagem e sem informações. Lixos triplicados. Continuo separando o lixo em plásticos diferentes como faço há 30 anos....Mas tudo ao final é misturado. Tentamos localizar empresas, poder público, nada, todos informaram que os serviços foram suspensos. O país perde, o meio ambiente perde, os sul africanos🇿🇦 perdem em qualidade de vida, progresso econômico e proteção ambiental. Eu lamento muito. Esperamos organização com estratégia e implantação sustentável. Até agora, nada...Hare Krishna 🙏🏻🌷🙏🏿
Every little bit DOES NOT count. Since China (and other Asian countries) stopped taking recycling plastic, there's very little that is being done because it's not profitable.
SA can learn from Ghanaian and other Africans recycling plastics into new useable products including building houses. Plus encourage composing and less buying of unnecessary consumer products to reduce the waste going into their landfills and to reclaim land used for landfills.
We are the first African country to have made an entire road out of plastic , so please , and also the reason Ghana is doing that is that they can't produce building materials on the scale of South Africa
Once the government is involved his whole company will be state owned and fall apart. If he's successful enough it might happen.
I apologize to the world but I too don't recycle and I live in South Africa but its not my fault because were I live no-one recycled and I don't know were to recycle
We recycle, and then take our stuff to the nearest place that accepts it. It's actually not that hard. Also, try picking up some litter once in a while.
Glad you have a place that accepts it. In our area the overgrown bushes accepts everything.
look at the world today, we didn't look after it at all. I'm not surprised if the big trouble is coming one day in the future.
Buy less. It's simple. Use less plastic and don't eat fish.
Why isnt biodegradable plastic taking of?
Price
South Africas South Africa problem
Wow!
lols as for the capetowners😂, they are Capetonians so i thought
Correct.
Good👍 work ❤
cringed at being called a cape towner
How do you call them ? Capers ?
@@tomsriver2838 capetonian
Cape Town the ever beautiful: see you later in the year my dear Cape Town.
Maybe setup a community garden grow vegtables ,fruit trees on some vacant land not in use collect food scraps from residential homes use as organic fertilizer less food waste going to land fill
Not gonna lie I’ve seen waaaay worse garbage dumps.
They did not really show any in this vid.
5:30 ah Urshala i'm not convinced you really give a hoot. Couldn't even use a reusable shopping bag.
Very nice video. Worth watching & keep up the good work. Thank you!
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City of Cape Town won't help these type of things
"Philippines are worst at all aspects in comparison of South Africa .?!"
So, will people recycle even if they are not rewarded? What kind of culture ought to be created? - I recycle because it's the right thing to do.
Please would you tell me the model you are using
Very nice video, from your biggest South African fan
If this is a company... where do they get their money from, if they even pay their clients?
Where is Greta?
Cashing in safely from first world countries.
There seems to be no sustainable strategy - paying for their trash does not word (anywhere else in the world) - Bad journalism to promote this as a way forward
In Thailand poor people collect plastic, metal and glass etc from public bins in order to sell the material. It's not an organized project, just a way to make money. This might be something similar, it didn't look like he was picking up general trash, just specific materials.
No worries, this problem will be solved with taxes on plastic bags in Sweden...
She still does not know how to recycle look at what is in that bag fam
Reduce, then reuse, recycle. Start banning brands that puts their products in a lot of plastics until they remove plastic packaging. Why are consumers dealing with the problem caused by manufacturers?
Always in Cape Town?....
I was wondering the same thing
Imagine the government did something that helps the community and the planet at the same time LOOOOLL. Not in South Africa. They will appoint a "Minister of Recycking and Waste" and pojects like this will never ever see a cent of the budget..
Good on him though, that is most definitely the most sustainable and intelligent solution to our problem+
Start make the companys pay for waste management! For every packaging they make a procent needs to go to the company who collects the waste.
I ADORE READING
Great job!!
Great initiative, to motivate people. Bon courage et bon continuation.
I love Cape-Town very much.
Welldone Guys, bring Your solution to Nelspruit Mpumalanga.
YES! AWESOME!
And to think that Mandela fought to make his country a better place. So sad! One of the richest countries on the continent and does not even have a basic recycling service for its citizens! 😡
We also recycle our plastic, tins ans paper
Its Cape Townian not Cape Towner
Is there no deposit system for soft drink bottles in SA?
Not many countrys have that system.
We have for certain bottles yes .
There are sooo many examples already on how to manage waste. Why is the country taking so long to get with the programme.
The country is going backwards. Recycling plants/libraries/ect tend to get burnt and unemployment just keeps rising due to a super corrupt government which causes every aspect of the country to degrade. Problem is, most of the population for reasons known and unknown, keeping voting for them.
Someone should show them how to roll up a 2L soda bottle so that it takes up a third the space...
We must also send it to Asia 😂😂
Repent and give your life to christ
Previouly I tried to recycle. It cost you more than leaving it. Recycling? Never in my life again!
Superb!
Beautiful 🙏
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