Africa’s waste challenge is well documented. Rapid urbanisation, infrastructure deficits, and constrained municipal budgets have long placed recycling and resource recovery at the margins of development priorities. But a technological shift is...
South Africa’s recycling efforts are gaining momentum. The most recent Fibre Circle statistics show that 72.1% of recyclable paper was diverted from landfills, evidence of both progress and public willingness to participate. Yet for many...
As South Africa welcomes spring and marks National Recycling Day on 15 September, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is issuing a challenge for the country to rethink what it calls “waste”. Because across Africa, what we...
Waste management is vital, in South Africa it’s near a human right as Section 24 of the constitution guarantees everyone the right to an environment not harmful to their health or well-being. It is also costly, and despite the flippancy many...
