Unilever South Africa and the African Reclaimer Organisation are partnering with Wits University to help uplift waste pickers. The Johannesburg-based project will focus on educating and encouraging communities to play their part in sustainability practices.
South Africa is making its mark in the global effort to tackle plastic pollution, with two prominent industry leaders stepping forward to represent the nation’s paper and packaging sector at the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...
The Waste RDI Roadmap is aimed at supporting the transformation of the waste sector through the generation of scientific evidence. The CSIR was tasked with implementing the roadmap on behalf of the government. Prof Linda Godfrey, a principal...
Helping drive these positive changes is the country’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisation, Petco, which was established in 2004 with the aim of ensuring post-consumer packaging is recycled and kept out of landfills and the...