In East London, a company is changing how South Africa thinks about food waste. Nambu, founded in 2018, initially focused on farming insects as a protein source for livestock. Today, the business is positioning insects as an essential service in...
South African rural and informal communities are poised to aid the circular economy. Daniel Motshwane, founder of Afrique Rising Trading (ART), a Pan-African social enterprise, aims to give communities the tools to bring income and...
Every day, healthcare facilities create volumes of waste that must be disposed of safely and effectively. Kirsten Kelly recently visited Averda’s City Deep Electro-Thermal Deactivation (ETD) plant that receives around 1 000 tonnes of medical waste...
Plastic remains a top priority for South Africa’s recycling initiatives. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a highly recyclable plastic and is the material of choice for plastic bottles. The process of PET recycling varies, but usually follows...
