Unilever South Africa and the African Reclaimer Organisation are partnering with Wits University to help uplift waste pickers. The Johannesburg-based pilot project will focus on educating and encouraging communities to play their part in sustainability practices.
What does zero waste really mean? Kate Stubbs – the strategy, marketing and business development director at EnviroServ – sheds some light around the realities, misconceptions and practical steps behind the zero waste journey. “Zero...
In East London, a company is changing how South Africa thinks about food waste. Nambu, founded in 2018, initially focused on farming insects as a protein source for livestock. Today, the business is positioning insects as an essential service in...
Every day, healthcare facilities create volumes of waste that must be disposed of safely and effectively. Kirsten Kelly recently visited Averda’s City Deep Electro-Thermal Deactivation (ETD) plant that receives around 1 000 tonnes of medical waste...