ON-SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT

We’re here to make life easier. After we perform an on-site waste management audit, we can accurately assess your waste generation and recommend a waste management process for your individual company requirements. Our programmes are fully customisable and can be tailored using sustainable and ethical solutions. This on-site programme is ideal in order to introduce waste recycling, storage, and disposal methods at your business.

WASTE REDUCTION STRATEGIES

Delta Waste Management seeks to optimise the waste management strategies of our clients and provide a return on waste infrastructure investment. This involves conducting regular audits of waste generated to determine waste stream volumes and possible areas where waste can
be reduced by the introduction of new systems or products.

Our experienced team can suggest and implement the relevant waste reduction strategies. We pride ourselves on continuous involvement and the same project team that is assigned to a project remains responsible for it from inception to completion. This continuous involvement not only ensures a higher level of service to our clients, but it also places us in the ideal situation to offer long-lasting assistance on waste reduction strategies.

TRASH IN CASH IN (TICI) RECYCLING CAMPAIGN

Recycling is an integral part in the present and future of waste management. Administered by Cranevest BEC and operated by Delta Facilities Management, the TiCi campaign encourages members of the public to recycle by offering incentives that range from individual financial rewards to charitable contributions on behalf of participants. These incentives can also be customised to be made applicable to any organisation.

SEPARATION AT SOURCE

By placing various bins for each waste stream in designated areas, waste is separated into groups according to its source of generation. This reduces waste contamination and sorting time, which directly leads to higher recycling at a lower cost.

WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Cranevest waste Management provides full waste management plans that are custom built for each site’s unique waste composition. These plans include staff training focused on waste and recycling, waste management operations, and proposed sustainability drives to be implemented to achieve our zero waste to landfill mission.

CRANEVEST DAWN WORM FARM

To facilitate the reuse of organic food waste, we divert such waste to the Delta Dawn worm farm. Food waste is used as feed for earthworms to produce a nutrient-rich natural fertilizer called vermileachate, also known as vermi-tea. Vermileachate is a highly concentrated organic liquid fertilizer that stimulates plant growth and improves plant health. By disposing of organic waste in such a way, Delta Waste Management prevents greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

COMPOSTING

Our composting services further contribute to minimising waste to landfill. This provides an ideal alternative solution to the disposal of organic waste material such as garden waste, food waste, wood waste, and other manufactured biodegradables. Delta Waste Management’s composting facilities make use of a specialised Rotating Composting Vessel (RCV) to safely decompose these materials at an accelerated rate.

This method offers additional control over the composting process as waste is processed within an enclosed vessel. As a result, the composting system has shortened active and curing phases, enabling us to produce a high-quality compost in a shorter period of time. This mineral-rich soil can be used to cultivate vegetation.

The Cranevest Group also owns a small-scale worm farm that receives and digests food waste to create a highly concentrated organic liquid fertilizer known as vermileachate. It contains nutrients and microbes that stimulate plant growth and improve plant health.

RECYCLING

Cranevest Waste Management uses sorting facilities to extract the following materials from general waste:

• Paper
• Plastics
• Bottle tops
• Glass
• Fluorescent tubes
• Polystyrene
• Foods
• Aerosol cans
• E-Waste
• Hazardous waste

Once separated, recyclable streams are stored for collection by our recycling affiliates. Additionally, we also promote recycling by means of the Delta Rotating Compost Vessel, the Cranevest Dawn worm farm, and the Trash in Cash in recycling campaign.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTATION

We provide the efficient removal and transportation of hazardous waste to relevant destinations. This refers to waste that poses potential or substantial threats to the environment or public health and well-being. Examples of hazardous waste include paints, pesticides, electronic equipment, batteries, chemicals, healthcare waste, pharmaceuticals, aerosols, and fluorescent tubes.

Upon collection, this waste is weighed and transferred to a designated bin. It is then transported and disposed of according to safety disposal regulations. All staff involved in the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste are given appropriate training as well as PPE. Certificates of safe disposal are provided.

Our vast experience in handling various hazardous waste includes the following:

• SHE waste
• Fluorescent tube disposal
• Electrical hazardous waste
• Medical waste
• Site clean ups
• Chemical waste
• Bulk waste – from disposable food to vehicle destruction.

WASTE REMOVAL AND TRANSPORTATION

Cranevest Waste Management removes, transfers and processes generated waste. This entails collecting waste and transporting it to a dedicated on-site waste sorting facility (WSF). These facilities are designed to collect a mixture of solid waste which is divided into various categories. The services provided by a WSF include the manual sorting of solid waste materials into different waste streams, storage and regular disposal of hazardous solid waste, weekly disposal of solid waste materials (excluding recyclables and hazardous materials) and recycling of paper, plastic,
glass and metal solid waste materials on a weekly basis.

We also encourage separation-at-source initiatives where waste is sorted into different recyclable streams at the source where it is generated. In this case, we collect waste designated for recycling and disposal. All collected waste is sorted, disposed of, recycled, and transported according to national waste legislature and environmental best practices.