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NOVEMBER 08 2022
MANJA PAMODZI CATCHES YALELO FOR CLEAN-UP PARTNERSHIP
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Zambian Breweries has welcomed Yalelo Zambia as the latest partner in its growing environmental clean-up initiative.
The newest Manja Pamodzi Foundation Limited partnership will align the fish company’s moves to expand and grow with resource efficiency at the heart of its operations as it strives to reduce pollution, cut down emissions operations in all their aquatic endeavours.
Manja Pamodzi collectors will be picking recyclable waste from its Mukwa Distribution Centre under the scheme.
The community-based initiative Manja Pamodzi supports a network of entrepreneurs who collect and sell post-consumer packaging waste in Lusaka as part of Zambian Breweries’ strategy to help improve the country’s solid waste management system.
“This partnership may seem like a small exercise today, but has profound sustainable impact tomorrow,” said Zambian Breweries Corporate Affairs Director Ezekiel Sekele, who presented Yalelo Zambia with a certificate of partnership in recognition of promoting recycling of post-consumer solid waste and contributing to a clean, green and healthy environment.
Zambian Breweries said that there is need for both companies to work together for the greater good of the environment.
Yalelo Zambia’s Commercial Operations Manager Mwiinga Moonga said: “We hope to recycle our fish disposals into bio-fuels, bio-gases and other forms of green energy,” Mr Moonga added.
The Manja Pamodzi recycling initiative has initiated partnerships with environmentally conscious manufacturers such as Yalelo Zambia in order to ensure maximum utilisation of industrial waste and the advocacy of improved Solid Waste Management (SWM).
Under Manja Pamodzi, collectors gather recyclable waste such as plastic bottles and other packaging materials and sell them to aggregators, who then sell the material to recyclers that process it into pellets, cups, tissue and other useful items.
Creating sustainability through recycling can help conserve natural resources, reduces the amount of waste reaching landfills and increase economic security by tapping into domestic raw materials.
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About Zambian Breweries
Zambian Breweries Plc is part of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the largest brewer in the world, with more than 500 beer brands and some 200,000 employees in over 50 countries. It is also one of the world’s largest bottlers of soft drinks.
Zambian Breweries was established in Zambia in 1968 and its product range has grown to include clear beers such as Mosi Lager, Castle, Carling Black Label, Eagle, Stella Artois, and Budweiser.
About Manja Pamodzi Foundation Limited
Manja Pamodzi Foundation Limited, registered in 2018, is an initiative of Zambian Breweries Plc. The initiative is the first of its kind in Zambia and is enhancing the recycling value chain and improving community sanitation and livelihood through the development of collection networks and aggregator sites.
The Manja Pamodzi initiative was launched in Zambia in 2015 and has a collector network of over 850 collectors (70% of whom are women), Over 15 aggregation sites and has consolidated partnerships with the Lusaka City Council and Zambia Environmental Management Agency.
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