Tons of plastic waste appeared in waves along the Durban coastline in December. A video captured and shared on social media by a member of The Litterboom Project, a South African conservation initiative, shows plastic bottles and other litter being churned out onto a Durban beach by the waves.
In May, the IWMSA hosted the Waste 360 conference. These conferences allow us to gather, speak one language, and find solutions to the problems that we all face. This conference, however, was a little more special because it wasn’t hosted in...
In celebration of Mandela Day on Friday, 18 July 2025, Polyco, in partnership with the K1 Foundation, has launched a new community-driven separation-at-source recycling programme in the Mandela Park section of Katlehong, Gauteng. Rooted in the...
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...