Construction World December 2023

AFRISAM INNOVATION AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

HARNESSING ENERGY FROM ORGANIC WASTE THROUGH ENGINEERING T he intent of the project was to harness flammable and noxious gas that is generated from the

gas would have naturally been released from the landfill, causing major damage to the environment and the ozone layer due to its methane content. But rather than this, this facility intercepts this gas and creates a use for it, for Cape Town and for South Africa. South Africa and Cape Town need electrical

decomposition of organic waste that is disposed at the landfill site, and to use it for electrical generation into the City of Cape Town electrical grid. The obvious benefit of this project was that this

generation and one of the perfect projects for this is to take a product which people have discarded and turn that into beneficial use that serves our everyday needs while also reducing the impact our waste has on the environment. The next major benefit of the project was that this electricity was to be used for a new material recovery facility located within the landfill footprint. This project represents a remarkable feat of engineering innovation and technology integration. The first of its kind to be constructed by the City of Cape Town and one of very few in operation in South Africa currently.It focuses

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