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.
The rise of the term “conscious fashion” suggests that much of the industry has been anything but conscious. For decades, fashion has been driven by overproduction, overconsumption, and waste, with little regard for the environmental and social...
In a strategic move to fast-track its zero waste to landfill ambition and advance its net zero emissions goal by 2039, Unilever South Africa has partnered with Mpact Waste Management, a division of the Mpact Group that provides integrated waste...
Reclite SA’s decision to position itself first and foremost as a manufacturer, rather than a recycler, has reshaped how the company understands waste, value and the circular economy. “We have developed this way of working to be sustainable for...