The City of Johannesburg in conjunction with Pikitup has set out on a drive to register all waste pickers within the City. The drive, which has already seen 1200 waste pickers registered in Region D, aims to quantify the impact waste pickers have...
Several international consumer goods companies operating across Africa have come together to launch the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance. Â This Alliance, which was launched at the at the CEO Africa Forum in Kigali, aims to turn the current...
South Africa’s fast growing plastic pollution crisis requires a rational solution not an emotional one. This is the view of Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA. Speaking at the ProPak Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg recently...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on citizens to see waste as resource and to start recycling more. Â According to the Department of Environmental Affairs South Africans generated approximately 54.2 million...
