Driving circular economic solutions
In 2022, Mpact Waste Management tailored and re-engineered their on-site waste management solutions to provide an income stream for clients and for the waste management portfolio within the Mpact Group.
In the same year, Mpact Waste Management started working with Westfalia – a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit in Gauteng – to manage their distribution centre site. This was achieved by pulling together the expertise of Mpact Waste Management and Mpact Recycling, with the ultimate focus being to both deliver an expert service to the client and deliver a steady stream of good quality recycled material to our own Mpact mills.
This is another example of how Mpact is driving ethical circular economic solutions and reducing waste going to landfill. Results so far have shown that solutions such as these can achieve costeffective waste management and convert waste into profit for companies of all sizes.
A perfectly closed loop
From the customer’s site in Midrand, used and leftover corrugated packaging is transported to Mpact Recycling’s branch in Midrand where it is baled. From there it is sold to Mpact’s Springs Mill, which manufactures paper for the packaging industry.
The paper from the Springs Mill also goes to Mpact Corrugated, which ultimately means that the customer’s unused and recycled boxes get into the recycling stream far more quickly, eventually making their way back to Westfalia in the form of new corrugated packaging for their avocados. In other words, it is a perfectly closed loop. Because the old boxes are baled on-site by Mpact, this results in good, clean quality material and means that the customer receives an income from their recyclables.
Recyclable material is also being secured at source, which ensures that this material is continually fed to our paper mills, where it is needed.
Composting to reduce landfill
A BiobiN® on site serves as an on-site composting solution, which means that the volume of waste that previously went to landfill is reduced, with the organic waste now being diverted and worked into composting heaps at a composting facility located in Springfield, Gauteng.
The benefits of this are both economic and environmental, as the quality compost that is produced as a result is also sold into the market.