10 South African Entrepreneurs Innovating In Waste Management
10 South African Entrepreneurs Innovating In Waste Management. These South African entrepreneurs illustrate the diverse ways in which innovation in waste management can lead to environmental benefits and socio-economic improvements, from upcycling and recycling to converting waste into energy and creating sustainable products. Below are some South African entrepreneurs who are making significant strides in waste management innovation.
Sinah Mojanko
Founder of Tiyamo Recycling, Sinah Mojanko is focused on creating a sustainable recycling ecosystem that not only helps the environment but also provides jobs and training opportunities for other recycling entrepreneurs.
Lizl Naude
Owner of Lilly Loompa, Lizl Naude’s business transforms waste materials into eco-friendly furniture and homeware, promoting upcycling and creative reuse of waste.
Rosley Sibanda
Founder of Organics Waste to Energy, Rosley Sibanda’s company converts organic waste into renewable bioenergy, helping reduce landfill use and contributing to energy independence and lower carbon emissions.
Brian Kusel
Innovator behind BiobiN, a system that safely processes organic waste into high-grade compost. This solution is designed to manage organic waste efficiently and reduce its environmental impact (Good Things Guy).
Thato Kgatlhanye7
Co-founder of Repurpose Schoolbags, which produces school backpacks from 100% recycled plastic, incorporating solar panels to provide light for children to study at night. This initiative addresses waste management and educational needs simultaneously.
Mehran Zarrebini
Mehran Zarrebini is the CEO of Mathe Group, which focuses on recycling old tires into rubber granulate for use in various industries, reducing tire waste and promoting sustainable reuse.
Chad Robertson
Chad Robertson is the co-founder & CEO of Regenize. Regenize is building a recycling solution for the South African context focused on accessibility, inclusivity, and behaviour change. The company provides residents with a free recycling collection service. The collection of the recyclables are performed by local Recycling Skarellers (Waste Pickers/Reclaimers/Informal Collectors) whom it partners with. It provides the Recycling Skarellers a smartphone to connect them to the households, a uniform, and a recycling tricycle.
Matthieu de Gaudemar
Matthieu de Gaudemar is the co-founder of Kudoti. Kudoti is a digital waste tech company deploying software to improve recycling rates and increase efficiency in the African waste and recycling industry. The company empowers companies across supply chains to improve their businesses by easily measuring and improving their sustainability impact through more efficient, real-time data.
Simon Hazell
Simon Hazell is the co-founder and CEO of Inseco. Inseco is an insect protein company that converts low-value organic by-products into nutritious and sustainable insect ingredients. Its products have numerous applications in animal feed, pet food, crop production, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Using state of the art technology, the company is responding to the demand for sustainable and high-quality ingredients to feed a rapidly growing global population.
Wanda Du Plessis
Wanda Du Plessis is the CEO and co-founder of Preserve Botanica. Preserve Botanica is an Agro-Processing company in George. It manufactures specialised botanical preparations from South African Variety Hops as well as honey bush and Klein Karoo Medicinal Plants such as Kooigoed, Sutherlandia, Kanna and Boegoe for the Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Food and Beverage Industries.
