While most South Africans understand what can be recycled, there’s still a significant gap between good intentions and action when it comes to paper recycling. A recent survey by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), found...
Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump. Originally published on 17 September 2025 on GroundUp News | By Ihsaan Haffejee About 140 waste reclaimers at Marie Louise landfill have been left with no income after...
The push to use recycled plastic as a raw material in manufacturing is essential to keeping recycling going, Oliver Bonstein, general manager of South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO), says, “Without end-markets for recycled plastic...
South Africa has high recycling rates thanks to waste reclaimers but refuses to treat them as real workers. They collect up to 80% of recycled packaging, yet remain invisible to policy, unpaid, and unprotected. Regenize doesn’t just recycle,...
