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E-WASTE AFRICA WASTE MANAGEMENT SUMMIT 10 MARCH 2015 Your Total Environmentally Friendly Light Bulb Recycling Solution PRAVASHEN NAIDOO [email protected] Cell: 0832361632
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E-WASTE AFRICA
WASTE MANAGEMENT SUMMIT10 MARCH 2015
Your Total Environmentally Friendly Light Bulb Recycling Solution
PRAVASHEN [email protected]
Cell: 0832361632
Today in History
1858First US patent for a Street Mailbox was
patented in America
1994 1964Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert
Hertzog, announces that television will not be
introduced in RSA
1876
1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham
Bell to Thomas Watson)
5 cents syndrome
5 cents syndrome
Our Journey
• Oct 2012 Feasibility study begins
• 2013 Hazardous Waste licensing process begins
• March E-Waste Founders visit our technology partners (UK)
• May E-Waste signs purchase agreement for the Award Winning
Balcan Machinery, sole rights secured for Southern Africa
• June to now Lots of Negotiations with corporates and government institutions
• 2014 Machine ready for Shipment
• July HH Waste License Granted
• August E-Waste Plant commissioning completed
• October 24th Deputy Minister Barbara Thomson officially opens the Recycling Facility
Best Practice VisitDeputy Minister recycling bulbs
Offtake Agreements for by-products
Secures Technology Distribution Rights
Why South Africa60 Million Bulbs
containing Mercury
rolled out since
2004
All Bulbs are
dumped into
landfills
100’s of Millions of
bulbs in circulation
Landfill costs
increasing year on
year
ZERO HARM: Safe
Disposal of CFL’s, stops
mercury from
contaminating our
land & water supply
Reducing our
Environmental
Footprint: Plant uses
less than 15 kw of
Power and no Water
Private sector
Participation
initiative. Benchmark
facility for SADC and
the AU
Why E-Waste Africa
Innovation: Plant can
crush all types of
lamps. By-products
are re-usable.
We provide Industry with a feasible, environmentally friendly, cost effective,
as well as, sustainable alternative to dumping and landfilling Bulbs
Executive Summary
E-Waste Africa, a level 1 BBBEE company, can offer corporates and
Government institutions a number of options for lamp waste disposal: onsite
storage, collection, crushing and the heart of our business “lamp recycling”.
This offering meets four critical needs to tackle the War on Waste
• Lower Hazardous Waste environmental footprint
• Assist in achieving zero waste to landfill targets
• Allow Industry to comply with Legislation:
o It will help meet the National Environmental Management: Waste act 2008
o It will help meet the National CPA with the supplier/Manufacturer Responsibilities
o Alignment to the EPR coming
• Real job creation
eeeeWaste AfricaYour Total Environmentally Friendly
Light Bulb Recycling Solution
Contact Details
Pravashen Naidoo
Email: [email protected]: 0832361632
Thank You
