Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company - Sustainable Energy Update
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As part of the Responsible Cape Town pilot project, a workshop on World Tourism Day 2012 saw several leading Responsible Tourism businesses sharing their practices and recent actions on the theme of Sustainable Energy.
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Welcome to
Seven wonders of Nature
2004 the Cape floristic region declared a Natural World Heritage Site Table Mountain National Park one of the regions
Our Journey
• 2011 – Runners up in the SKAL (Sustainable development in Tourism) awards.
• 2011 – TMACC awarded Overall Winners for responsible tourism at the annual Imvelo awards ceremony
• 2011 – Joined the CCC RT pilot
• 2010 - Platinum certification by the Heritage Environmental Management Company
• 2008 - Imvelo Award: Best Single Resource Management, Water
• 2007 – Joined Heritage Environmental program – RT first introduced
• 2003 - Environmental Management System was awarded ISO14001 certification by the South African Bureau of
Standards.
• 1997 - First Environmental Management System for the operational phase of the cableway was drawn up with
the help of consultants.
0.7Liters per flush
1 000 000 litres saving in one year
Every drop that goes down a drain comes down via cable car at night
Waste to landfill is down from 203 ton to 77 ton in the past year
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Waste to landfill July 2009 - June 2012
- Yvettie Munava – manufactures jewellery from recycled cardboard from the
cableway.
- Rootz Creationz – design and produce handcrafted gifts
which supports a number of impoverished families.
Average of 20 000 school children per year
150 permanent staff members employed at TMACC
100 contact staff employed in all areas each year for a six month period
This year 10 learnerships - retail
