In 2018, the Western Cape Government instructed [Click] all landfills to reduce the landfilling
of organic waste, which includes food related waste, to 50% by 2022, and then 100% by
2027.
In effect, banning the landfilling of organic waste. The reasoning being to reduce the
amount of landfilling of highly recyclable waste and to reduce methane production (a key greenhouse gas) that is produced in landfills through disposal of organic waste.
One of the policy levers the City of Cape Town have implemented is to require that all Cape
Town based organic waste generators (notably hospitality, food manufacturers and food
processors) to submit a plan on how they intend to ensure their organic waste does not
end up in landfill.
The notice [Click] requires that these organic waste generators have by 31
October 2022 to submit an organic waste plan to the City of Cape Town.
To make this process easier, GreenCape and the City of Cape Town, will be hosting a
plenary session to guide organic waste generating companies through these requirements,
and to present what information should be included in these organic waste plans, and lastly,
to provide information on the wide range of organic waste solutions available in Cape Town.
The next step will be for waste generators use this information to develop their own organic
waste plan and subsequently submit the plan to the City of Cape Town by 31 October 2022.
