{"id":54933,"date":"2019-07-04T06:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/recycling-company-scoops-award-20190703-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:52:21","slug":"recycling-company-scoops-award-20190703-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/recycling-company-scoops-award-20190703-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling company scoops award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HUMANSDORP-based recycling enterprise Nzima Recycling, has overcome extreme adversity \u2013 twice \u2013 to scoop the award in the PET-trepreneur category at the 2019 PET Recycling Company (PETCO) Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They share the award with Makhabisi Recycling in Gauteng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nzima started out in 2006 with owners and founders, Tommy and Jeanine Glad, having just R50 in their pockets, but armed with a desire to make a difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the future would not be plain sailing, with disaster striking twice. In 2014, their business was destroyed by a fire, which meant they had to start from scratch in new premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years on and the land they were using was sold from underneath them and they had to begin again once more. But the hardworking couple did not let anything get them down and got back on their feet, their determination playing a huge part in their success today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With help from Leon van der Watt of Cannibal Recycling, they moved to their current premises in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering advice to would-be entrepreneurs, Tommy Glad says, \u201cIf you want to get into recycling, just go out there and do it. Go to the beach, pick up litter. Sort the plastic and try to sell it. That\u2019s what we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy ongoing aim is to continue to educate and inspire the new generation to save the planet one piece of plastic at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says the fire had brought him down to earth and refocused his attention in a big way. Glad also paid tribute to his wife who, he said, was the financial brains and \u201cthe boss\u201d at Nzima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis award means so much to us. It is the biggest thing that has happened to my wife and me. We are working here in this small community. Why would something like this happen to us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nzima Recycling buys in PET from landfill sites and the community of Humansdorp, whom they try to help wherever they can. The business started off with an average of nine tonnes of PET in 2017 and currently handles 20 tonnes per month. 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