Danielle Petterson | Nov 3, 2020
By 2050 the world’s population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion, which will require an increase of 70% food availability. With 33% of food lost or wasted each year, high-performance packaging plays a critical role in today’s global...
3SMedia | Oct 23, 2020
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In this weeks installment: Latest figures show growth in plastics recycling industry...
3SMedia | Oct 21, 2020
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has released global aluminium recycling data. According to figures from the IAI, recycling just one aluminium can conserves enough energy to recharge up to 20 mobile phones, while global aluminium...
3SMedia | Oct 19, 2020
According to WWF, 10 million tonnes of food ends up as waste in South Africa, which is about a third of the 31 million tonnes produced annually in the country. Of this wasted food, about 90% is disposed of to landfills, where it leads to the...
3SMedia | Oct 14, 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries heard that an outright ban on plastic bags would have far-reaching negative implications for employment at a time when the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused huge...
3SMedia | Oct 12, 2020
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. During 2019, 503 600 tons of plastics waste was collected for...
3SMedia | Oct 9, 2020
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In this weeks installment: R84 billion mega-city in Gauteng to address housing for...
3SMedia | Oct 8, 2020
Following its success in 2019, the third International E-Waste Day will be held on October 14th 2020 to promote the correct disposal of e-waste throughout the world. This year a particular focus will be given to educating children and youth about...
3SMedia | Sep 30, 2020
The 2020 Clean-Up & Recycle SA week took place from 14 – 19 September 2020, marking South Africa’s 24th year of participating in the annual International Coastal Clean-Up Day. The annual International Coastal Clean-Up Day...
