The #GOGREEN campaign – a waste management and anti-littering movement (a partnership between Old Mutual and WILDLANDS, supported by Polyco) was launched at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon (OMTOM) in 2017. Similarly, the Comrades Marathon Association were inspired by the success of this campaign in Cape Town and implemented #GOGREEN along 27km of the 87km Comrades route in … [Read more...]
45 recycled desks donated to Hout Bay underprivileged kids
In the Cape Town suburb of Hout Bay today, 45 new desks were delivered to the learners of Ikhaya le Themba in Imizamo Yethu as part of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon #GOGREEN campaign. Funded by the Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI), the unique desks were made from non-organic event waste collected during the marathon earlier this year. Thirty of the donated Green … [Read more...]
39,000kg of waste collected at Two Oceans Marathon
This year the #GOGREEN campaign was launched before the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon, resulting in more than 39 000 kg of waste being collected for recycling. The routes were cleaned up the Plastics|SA Clean-Up Crews on what's widely known as the World’s Most Beautiful Race. According to Douw Steyn, Director: Sustainability at Plastics|SA, the majority of the waste … [Read more...]
Clean-up crews help keep Two Oceans world’s most beautiful race
All the waste from the recent Two Oceans marathon was quickly collected, sorted into categories and sent for recycling. The majority of the waste (90 %) was plastic waste (mainly Low Density Polyethylene) used for the energy drink sachets, 8 % was paper (primarily cardboard), and 2 % was metal. 2015 is the 9th year that the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon has received … [Read more...]
Increased litter collection and recycling at the “World’s Most Beautiful Marathon”
Marathons are no longer the wasteful events they used to be, as the recycling industry comes to the pavements and cleans up every scrap. This year marked the 8th occasion that Plastics|SA was involved in cleaning the waste generated by runners and supporters alike at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. According to John Kieser, Sustainability Manager at Plastics|SA, the … [Read more...]
