The number of households living in formal dwellings across the country has increased between 2002 and 2014, Stats SA Statistician-General Pali Lehohla said on Wednesday. But only a slight decrease was recorded in the number of households living in...
Big events generate a lot of waste. So much so that nine truckloads of plastic waste was collected at this year’s Two Oceans Marathon. The 2016 Two Oceans Marathon attracted almost 30 000 athletes – that’s a lot of water sachets to keep track of,...
Three schools received cash prizes for their recycling efforts as part of The Waste Trade Company’s Schools Recycling Project. Kabega Primary, BJ Mnyanda Primary and Albertyn Primary were the top recycling schools in the first term of 2016...
The first food-grade recycler of PET in South Africa, Extrupet, has been nominated as a finalist in the WorldStar Sustainability Awards for 2016. Presented by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the WorldStar Awards are the pre-eminent...
