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Roof food gardens combat carbon

A not-so-unique initiative for the world but certainly new for South Africa is the Johannesburg Housing Company’s (JHC) approach to food insecurity. Three buildings in Hillbrow and downtown Johannesburg were earmarked to become pilot projects for...
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Air pollution levels linked to demographics

Recently published findings by Yale University have added to accumulating evidence of what is referred to as widening racial and economic gap when it comes to air pollution in the United States. Cheryl Katz reports on Environmental Health News that...
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Aerosol can recycling hits new high

Aerosol cans are among the most recycled packaging in South Africa, namely metal cans. Collect-A-Can has announced that the 2011recovery rate for used beverage cans was 72%. (This recovery rate provides the measure for the industry as a whole. When...