The first food-grade recycler of PET in South Africa, Extrupet, has been nominated as a finalist in the WorldStar Sustainability Awards for 2016. Presented by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the WorldStar Awards are the pre-eminent...
The five-week-long Pikitup strike finally came to an end this week. The repercussions of the strike however will need to be dealt with for weeks to come. Rubbish piled up in the City of Johannesburg while workers took part in an unprotected strike,...
Msunduzi Municipality is expanding its kerbside recycling initiative in a bid to encourage residents to recycle. This expansion forms part of the municipality’s attempts to curb illegal dump sites in townships. In line with this the municipality...
Building on last year’s success, Plastics SA is looking forward to the 2016 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), set to take place on 17 September, when Ocean Conservancy will officially introduce its mobile data collection app Clean Swell. Clean...
