Stuffing for Bears who Care

The document details how WISP connected Advanced Technical Sock Industries (ATSI) in the Western Cape with The Care Bear Project in Pietermaritzburg, allowing the latter to use ATSI's yarn fluff waste as stuffing for teddy bears. With free transport provided by The Courier Guy, the initiative diverted 0.18 tonnes of waste annually from landfills and saved The Care Bear Project R10,800 per year, enabling the employment of two additional staff members.

• The synergy facilitated by WISP allowed The Care Bear Project to stop purchasing stuffing, resulting in annual savings of R10,800 and the creation of two new jobs.
• The initiative diverted 0.18 tonnes of yarn fluff waste from landfills annually and resulted in fossil GHG CO2e savings of 4.187 tonnes for ATSI.
• The Courier Guy acted as a CSI partner by providing free transport of the yarn fluff from Cape Town to Pietermaritzburg twice a month.
• As of February 2020, approximately 225kg of fluff waste had been transferred from ATSI to The Care Bear Project.

APA

GreenCape (2020). Stuffing for Bears who Care. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WISPCase-Study_Care_bear_synergy_2_7_20-3.pdf

Chicago

GreenCape. Stuffing for Bears who Care. 2020. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WISPCase-Study_Care_bear_synergy_2_7_20-3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greencape2020stuffing, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{Stuffing for Bears who Care}}, institution = {GreenCape}, year = {2020}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WISPCase-Study_Care_bear_synergy_2_7_20-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }