The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Its mantra is to ‘refuse, reduce and reuse’ – then recycle. This involves taking reusable products back to shops, cut down on packaging and recycle as much as possible.
Recycling operations are context-based, with no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. For recycling to be effective, it must be adapted to circumstances. “We have no control over what the client wants us to get rid of, we have to deal with whatever is...
South Africa’s recycling initiatives under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation are proving positive. PETCO, a producer responsibility organisation (PRO), published its annual review stating that they have met the legislated...
In most homes, the kitchen is where good intentions quietly go to waste. A bag of spinach forgotten at the back of the fridge. Leftovers that never get eaten. Vegetable peels and scraps that go straight into the bin without a second thought. It...