Initiatives like the newly launched and game-changing South African (SA) Plastics Pact aims to tackle the plastic pollution problem head on, by keeping plastics ‘in the economy and out of the environment’. Launched on the 30th of...
The construction of the first of nine new regional waste disposal facilities in the Western Cape has started in Mossel Bay. The new facility will serve multiple municipalities along the Garden Route and is aimed at...
The award-winning Mariannhill Landfill site is facing imminent closure. eThekwini Municipality has terminated some of its operations and will only accept garden waste, cover material and builders’ rubble at the landfill due to the dwindling...
Danone is among signatories to the SA Plastics Pact, which was launched last month by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Signatories pledge to reduce the use of non-recyclable and non-reusable plastic in their packaging processes. They will also...
