President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that renewable energy can be the answer to the country’s energy supply needs. In his State of the Nation last week, he admitted that load shedding is the inevitable consequence of Eskom’s inability to service its power plants over many years.
With International Zero Waste Day on 30 March 2026, consumers and businesses will be using this opportunity to explore how they can open up more resource recovery from their waste streams, to ultimately divert waste from landfill. When most people...
South Africa’s waste sector stands at a crossroads. Years of analysis have confirmed what practitioners already know: The country’s solid waste management system is overburdened, underfunded, and misaligned with its sustainability ambitions, though...
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...