Waste pickers contribute to local economies and to environmental sustainability. While recognition for their contributions is growing, waste-pickers are still looked down upon. In SA they collect as much as 80% of post-consumer packaging and paper material and are key to SA’s economy.
A new recycling pilot project between producer responsibility organisation Petco and the South African National Parks (SANParks) aims to cut waste and boost recycling efforts at the Kruger National Park. The project implements an animal-proof,...
Plastics are often described as the most stubborn of waste streams, essential to modern life yet resistant to recycling systems. South African plastic recyclers tend to focus on niches like PET, which is highly recyclable, and view a lot of the...
Managing waste is the cornerstone of any functioning city. For Johannesburg, South Africa’s most populous city with 4 million residents, this task is done by Pikitup. Established in 2001, Pikitup and the City of Johannesburg entered into a Service...