The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Its mantra is to ‘refuse, reduce and reuse’ – then recycle. This involves taking reusable products back to shops, cut down on packaging and recycle as much as possible.
Poor infrastructure, coupled with socio-economic issues and service delivery problems, manifests in excess waste not collected or recycled. This waste adorns streets, the environment and troublingly, water systems like rivers. Rudi Clark, regional...
In the last 12 months, the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Department impounded 247 vehicles used for illegal dumping. That’s a 133% increase compared to the 106 impounds the year before. And, while the numbers are impressive, it’s indicative...
When we talk about recycling, most people immediately think of plastics, paper, or scrap metal. Glass often gets overlooked, despite being one of the most recyclable materials available. Unlike many materials, glass can be recycled indefinitely...