The top six schools involved in Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) Schools Recycling Programme won a total of R200 000 in cash prizes at an award ceremony hosted in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The overall winners in the primary and high...
Plastics SA has congratulated the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries (DEAFF) on the hosting of a very successful Plastics Colloquium in Boksburg recently. According to Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA, they...
With South Africa’s unemployment rate now at a staggering 29.1%, one Mpumalanga woman has come up with an initiative that will create over 250 jobs through a community-based recycling waste management centre in rural Mpumalanga. Source: SABC...
Ford is doing its part to combat climate change by recycling old coffee waste from McDonald’s into car parts. The automaker will be taking food waste from the fast food giant, diverting it from a landfill to its laboratory, where it will be...
“Looking back at the past 40 years, we stand amazed at the growth and many developments that have transpired in the industry. We have experienced many momentous occasions and highlights too many to mention, but we also had to learn how to roll with...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Its mantra is to ‘refuse, reduce and reuse’ – then recycle. This involves taking reusable products back to shops, cut...
The Million+ Plastic Recycling Revolution is a new campaign that aims to mobilise more than one million South Africans to commit to recycling their plastic packaging. The non-profit, Polyco (The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation), believes...
Shopping bags cause pollution and are hardful to animals and plants. Keitumetsi Maelangwe, co-founder of Green Spawn has decided to produce an eco-friendly bio-plastic, that completely dissolves in warm water. Source:...
SA’s first plastic road was completed in Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday. The 300m pilot stretch of Woltemade Street in the heart of the Eastern Cape holiday town began in March after mayor Horatio Hendricks agreed to the project and Scottish...
