Drafts of the amended waste management activity list and the national norms and standards were recently published by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). The proposed amended list has deleted activity 3(2) of Category A which refers to...
Many determined South Africans make a living through the creation of informal jobs, and in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, waste pickers are being assisted with what they need the most – trolleys. The South African Waste Pickers Association recently...
Plastic bag manufacturers could possibly find themselves hot water with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) after the Sunday Times recently reported that millions of branded plastic supermarket bags that claimed to be recycled were not....
MetPac-SA was recently announced as the new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) tasked with representing the interests of the metal packaging industry. Delanie Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetPac-SA explained that the organisation will be focused...
