Our everyday choices have a huge impact on the environment. In collaboration with PLANET WAVES, we at Green Butterfly have embarked on a waste separation project at every Green Butterfly Market. Phase one of our project saw us separating PLASTIC BOTTLES from other waste. After 3 markets and after successfully diverting 13.5kg of plastic bottles from the landfill, we have moved into phase two – to start separating compost as well. Hurray!
Visitors and vendors may have noticed that we have started placing marked bins at vantage points in the Green Butterfly Market, to separate plastic bottles from other mixed waste. Phase one of our program aims to divert plastic bottles from the landfill. All the plastic bottles we collect are sent to a recycling station. So far here are the numbers (by weight) of plastc bottles we have diverted from the landfill:
4th May 7kg
18th May 6kg
1st June 7kg
which makes a total so far of 20kg of plastic bottles rescued so far from the landfill.
A big thank you to Planet Waves for making sure all our rescued plastic bottles are sent to the recycling station.
At the 1st June market we also set up a composting station at the Department of Parks and Gardens and encouraged all our food vendors to gather their organic waste separately. At the end of the market, all the organic waste was sent to our newly built composting station.
