Recent Contracts and PRevious Experience

Informal Meat Traders,
Langa Waste Audit

2024

Contracted by AfriFoodLinks and funded by ICLEI, this project focused on gathering site specific waste information and recommendations on meat traders in Langa, South Africa.

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Informal Traders,
Bellville PTI & CBD

Waste Management Plan

2024

Contracted by GTP for The City of Cape Town's  Area Economic Development Department, the waste management plan aimed to build a foundation for informal traders in Bellville & beyond.

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  1. GTP
  2. Area Economic Development Department

Informal Traders
- EPWP Organics Trial,
Bellville CBD

Project Design & Implementation

2024

This trial aimed to gain valuable data on organic waste produced by informal traders in the Bellville CBD. Building on Urban Waste Managements (UWM) successful trial in 2022/2023, this phase involved Waste-ED in the design & implementation of the programme for local NGO, GTP and the Events & Partnership Unit in UWM to engage in unifying area specific data.

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  1. Events Partnership Unit, UWM

Office, JUMO Cape Town

Waste Audit

2024

Contracted by JUMO, the waste audit was part of a long standing relationship aimed to gain data and recommendations on their Cape Town branch office waste consumption and diversion.

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  1. JUMO

BETTER.BELLVILLE.TOGETHER

Mayoral Clean up and place making campaign

2022 - 2024

Waste-ED’s Executive Director, Candice Mostert was contracted by the the Greater Tygerberg Partnership to design and lead the waste portfolio of the City of Cape Town mayoral funded clean up and placemaking campaign in Bellville, the largest CBD in
Cape Town.
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Oranjezicht City Farm Market, Waterfront

Waste Audit & Recommendations

2018

Conducted a comprehensive waste audit across all standalone traders at the Oranjezicht City Farm Market. The project focused on mapping waste streams, identifying inefficiencies, and providing tailored recommendations to improve waste separation and diversion. Collaboration with traders supported practical, context-specific solutions for reducing environmental impact.
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Zero Waste School Programme

Project Design & Implementation

2012 - 2015

Waste-ED Developed the Zero Waste School Programme for GTP's key role out strategies ( 2017 ) as part of a Bellville Zero Waste Concept.

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1. Zero Waste School Project drives sustainable waste project at Cape Schools.

Two Oceans Aquarium

Waste Audit & Recommendations

2017

Led a waste audit of both front-of-house and back-of-house operations at the Two Oceans Aquarium. The project focused on understanding waste generation across public and staff areas, mapping key waste streams, and identifying improvement opportunities.
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NGO, Greyton Transition Town

Project Design & Implementation

2017

Delivered a range of sustainability and resilience-focused initiatives, including the Trash to Treasure Festival, school-based eco crew programmes, buy-back centres, community garden projects, zero waste business strategies, and alternative models for RDP housing. Each project was rooted in community collaboration and aimed at long-term environmental and social impact.
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City of Cape Town, Subcontracted

Event Consulting & Suistainable Building Programmes

2017 - Current

Subcontracted to support environmental education through event consulting, partnerships, and suistainable building programmes. Contributed to initiatives such as Baz-Art and continue to co-designed and implemented natural building and eco-alternative structures using ecobricks, including builds at Delft ECDC and Helderberg Nature Reserve Information Centre.

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  1. Alternative Natural Building in Delft 
  2. Helderberg Nature Reserve boasts new Green Environmental Centre

NGO, Greenpop

Event Waste Management & Project Management

2014 - 2020

Developed zero waste event and festival systems, zero waste community building projects & festival / event education activations in both Zambia and South Africa.
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