The World Economic Forum in Africa engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape regional and industry agendas on the continent. The Forum focuses on how to scale up the transformation of regional architecture related to smart institutions, investment, integration, industry and innovation.
Much of the waste generated at the CTICC comes from materials produced by clients. As such, the CTICC encourages exhibitors to donate their unwanted stand building materials to community organisations. To further promote this, the CTICC carried out a pilot waste project for the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) event to both reduce waste volumes and divert waste from landfill.
The initiative was undertaken in collaboration with the Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP), delivered by GreenCape. The World Economic Forum took place at the CTICC and incorporated the Grow Africa Summit. With a focus on the separation of recyclable from non-recyclable and compostable waste, as well as the ‘upcycling’ of valuable waste such as wood, the project was a trial run and a concerted effort toward enhancing the centre’s triple-bottom-line effectiveness.
The project was an overwhelming success on three major counts:
Diversion from landfill.
Economic spin-off.
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