The waste-to-energy trend gaining momentum in South Africa is spreading throughout the continent and developing countries around the globe. Last week saw the opening of a new biogas plant in Athlone near Cape Town, and Ethiopia also recently opened...
Middle-Eastern airline Emirates has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100% recycled plastic PET bottles. EcoTHREAD patented technology has been used to create the new environmentally-friendly product, with 28 recycled plastic bottles...
A new recycling operation in Germiston plans to increase the number of PET bottles recycled every year by 29,000 tonnes. The state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling facility called Mpact Polymers is based in Germiston and is an...
By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish. This startling fact was revealed in the report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released the report last year in Davos. Some of the...
