According to RecyclePaperZA, the paper recycling association of South Africa, our country recovered 1.1 million tonnes of recyclable paper products in 2020, putting the paper recovery rate at 69.8%. Today – Friday 17 September – is National...
It is estimated that only 6.1% of metropolitan households in South Africa actively participate in recycling. However, even the most environmentally conscientious people make recycling mistakes. You might even think your home is paperless, so you...
As countries open their borders and international flights resume, South Africans can help give their tourism economy a fighting chance at rebounding quickly to pre-Covid levels by cleaning up and recycling. That’s the message from South African...
Environmental advocacy organisations Greenpeace Africa , groundWork and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have expressed concern that the South African government did not participate in a Ministerial meeting on a proposed global plastics treaty...
