With South Africa’s unemployment rate now at a staggering 29.1%, one Mpumalanga woman has come up with an initiative that will create over 250 jobs through a community-based recycling waste management centre in rural Mpumalanga.
The rapid rise in the global population, coinciding with the manufacturing, mining, processing and demand for consumer goods, has placed additional pressure on waste management. Whilst there is an ongoing effort to divert waste, both municipal and...
The rise of the term “conscious fashion” suggests that much of the industry has been anything but conscious. For decades, fashion has been driven by overproduction, overconsumption, and waste, with little regard for the environmental and social...
The reality is that recycling efforts are still subject to market conditions. It does not matter how innovative or environmentally positive a recycling effort is if there is no market for it. South Africa’s recycling sector needs to look at itself...