As part of the Department of Environmental Affairs efforts to drive recycling in South Africa, 15 buy-back centres will be established in this financial year, 2013/2014, Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, announced on Tuesday 11 June...
This month (June) the Checkers chain of supermarkets aims to make a positive impact on the environment by becoming the first national retailer to offer a plastic shopping bag made completely from recycled plastic. At least 6 000 tons of waste is...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, will launch the Youth Jobs in Waste Programme in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State on 17 June 2013. The event will mark the official launch of the project, which is aimed at enhancing the...
“The marine environment has many challenges. Global warming is visible within this sphere and its impact is slowly being understood. Overfishing, acidification, chemical pollution with the added pollution of marine debris of which the main product...