With landfills overflowing, there’s a renewed drive to divert recyclable waste from these sites. Stakeholders are now being engaged on government’s Revised Waste Management Strategy. Informal recyclers play an invaluable role. Making a living and helping to keep the environment clean.
As with various environmental management aspects, waste management in South Africa has seen a number of regime changes. In 2009, when the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (NEMWA) came into effect, it repealed, among others,...
While most South Africans understand what can be recycled, there’s still a significant gap between good intentions and action when it comes to paper recycling. A recent survey by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), found...
The recently wrapped pilot project saw pupils at three primary schools in Athlone energised around the topic of recycling, collecting just shy of 700 kilograms of recyclable packaging in March alone. The pilot was run at the Norma Road, Kewtown and...