Brewery turns waste into spinach for local communities
In what has become aptly known as Project Popeye, SAB, will be developing a commercial 2000m2 drip irrigation system, that will help a local business sustainably grow spinach in raised beds.
In what has become aptly known as Project Popeye, SAB, will be developing a commercial 2000m2 drip irrigation system, that will help a local business sustainably grow spinach in raised beds.
Seker die grootste voordeel wat boere trek uit die vestiging van die modelplaas en SABBI in die Overberg, is dat die saad vir hierdie area geteel word. “Ons doen onbevooroordeelde navorsing en verkoop self niks – geen chemie of kunsmis – aan die produsent nie.
Diverting organic waste from landfill is one of government’s environmental goals, which will help mitigate climate change. For the past 16 years, EnviroServ has been helping SAB’s Ibhayi Brewery near Port Elizabeth to divert wet spent grain, brewer’s yeast and malt dust to local farmers.