BASF and Jaguar Land Rover are trialing a new innovative recycling process which converts plastic waste into premium grade material, which could feature on JLR’s future vehicles. The ChemCycling process, up-cycles domestic waste pyrolysis oil...
With environmental protection topping the global agenda, the South African Government has been introducing new regulations that could have far reaching implications for local businesses. Producers and handlers of hazardous waste face a period of...
Each year, millions of people around the world are encouraged to refuse single-use plastics as part of “Plastic Free July”. According to the organisers of this campaign, their aim is to see a world without plastic waste. Plastics SA and the global...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) together with the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF, formerly the Department of Environmental Affairs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to commemorate...
The UN has estimated that the global population will near 11.3 billion by 2060. Populations in Africa are expected to experience just as much exponential growth – with the continent expected to reach over 2.5 billion by 2050, representing – quite...
Construction on Africa’s first eco-friendly road, incorporating recycled waste plastic has started in Jeffreys Bay this week. Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks said Woltemade and Koraal Streets had been identified for the pilot project. “The...
With the planet at a ‘tipping point’, civil society, industry and public sector have to take urgent collective action to reduce plastic, eliminate waste and ensure food and water security, experts said at the opening of IFAT Africa. Speaking at the...
Pick n Pay has launched a ‘nude wall’ with a wide range of package-free fruit and vegetables in 13 stores across South Africa. This is in an effort to deal with plastic waste. The company’s marketing retail executive John Bradshaw...
The Western Cape is ranked number one on a national list of 2019 recycling champions. Following the recent announcement of a 6% year-on-year increase in the recycling of PET plastic bottles, national industry body the PET Recycling Company (Petco)...
