Teaching the value of waste It's sorted
At Spier, we consider everything that comes onto the farm and carefully consider whatever leaves it. We work closely with the Stellenbosch Municipality to achieve our zero waste-to-landfill target, and conduct ongoing in-house training through the It’s Sorted staff programme.
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100%
Garden prunings and cut-out alien vegetation gets chipped and combined with pomace from our winery to form a nutrient-rich compost. This is used for mulching in our vineyards, gardens and nursery. Our use of organic waste to form compost results not just in less waste-to-landfill, but ensures the natural boosting of soil fertility.
Zero
Since November 2021, we have diverted all of our waste - 96% recycled and the balance - to a waste-to-energy plant.
78 tons
In the twelve months to May 2022, our recycling and recovery efforts resulted in 78 tons less CO2 equivalent in the atmosphere.
We are constantly looking at innovations around more sustainable and environmentally-friendly packaging.
19 600 kg pa
By glueing wine boxes, we have eliminated plastic packaging tape in production.
10 600 kg pa
We partner with Re-a-Liner Pty Ltd to recycle all glassine release liners (backing paper) from our locally produced wine labels.
115 002 kg pa
By changing six products to lighter-weight bottles in 2022, we have saved this amount of glass from our waste stream every year.
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