3SMedia | Feb 27, 2020
The city of Cape Town has launched an initiative to provide more compost bins for Cape suburbs. Seven different areas under the Subcouncil 1 will benefit from the new initiative and will assist residents in growing their own food and making better...
3SMedia | Feb 26, 2020
Twice as much food as previously estimated, or a third of all food available for human consumption, is wasted. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research have published a study that suggests consumers are wasting twice as much food as...
3SMedia | Feb 26, 2020
A dumping site in Salt River, Cape Town is unrecognizable these days after it has been turned into a community food garden. The founder of UK NGO, Progress London, says the life-changing project was made a reality because of funding from...
3SMedia | Feb 24, 2020
Huge sums of money are spent developing world-class geosynthetic materials, but often insufficient care is taken during the installation of these products. Construct 3 Technologies’ unique Geo-Q software provides complete control over the process,...
3SMedia | Feb 20, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that renewable energy can be the answer to the country’s energy supply needs. In his State of the Nation last week, he admitted that load shedding is the inevitable consequence of Eskom’s...
Nombulelo Manyana | Feb 20, 2020
The South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) has praised Barbara Creecy’s decision to scrap the existing Section 28 plan for developing an Industry Waste Management Plan (IndWMP) for the paper and packaging industry. Minister...
3SMedia | Feb 19, 2020
More than 12 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging have been recovered for recycling in South Africa over the past decade. This, according to RecyclePaperZA, the country’s paper recycling association, has ensured that waste paper is diverted...
3SMedia | Feb 19, 2020
Learning at Nomini Primary School in Orange Farm has been suspended because of a sewage problem. Parents and teachers have urged the Gauteng Education department to fix the situation. Source:...
3SMedia | Feb 14, 2020
Initiatives like the newly launched and game-changing South African (SA) Plastics Pact aims to tackle the plastic pollution problem head on, by keeping plastics ‘in the economy and out of the environment’. Launched on the 30th of...
