Moves by retailers and shopping malls to ban plastic shopping bags are simplistic, rash responses to a complex problem. That is what Anton Hanekom, executive director at Plastic SA says. “What’s required is a rational solution to the genuine crisis...
Durban residents still have to contend with piles of rubbish bags littering their suburbs, despite Durban’s municipal workers’ strike being over. The city announced almost two weeks ago that employees of the water and sanitation department as well...
Around 180 countries reached a deal that aims to sharply reduce the amount of plastic that gets washed into the world’s oceans and clamp down on shipments of plastic waste to poorer countries. This is according to the United Nations. They...
South Africa currently has 23 809,2 cubic metres of water in storage and according to a weekly report by the Department of Water and Sanitation, it’s enough to sustain SA through the coming dry winter season. However, the department warns...
