The local plastics industry is cleaning up the environment and removing plastic litter from rivers, streams, oceans and neighbourhoods this annual Clean-up and Recycle SA Week.
The general perception of waste has changed over the past few years. With reuse preferred before recycling, people are becoming more responsible with their waste. As society becomes increasingly tech-driven, the rise in e-waste presents a growing...
Landfills create leachate, a liquid that seeps from waste, which is highly hazardous and can contaminate groundwater. SRK Consulting, an international consulting firm that offers technical services to the natural resource industries, maintains that...
As South Africans mark Plastic Free July by rethinking their packaging choices, data shows the country has recovered 1.3 million tonnes of paper and packaging materials, diverting 72.1% of recyclable paper from landfill, up from 59.2% in 2023. The...