In an effort to tackle the world’s waste problem 150 countries around the globe will unite on 15 September 2018 to celebrate the first ever World Cleanup Day. The event, which is an initiative of the Let’s Do It campaign, will kick off in New...
While recycling figures rise and South Africans gain a general understanding of the benefits of recycling, Mpact Recycling managing director, John Hunt, says people may not realise just how much good they are doing. According to the Paper Recycling...
The South African plastics industry has hit a new high with a record 2.15 billion PET plastic bottles recycled in 2017. According to national industry body PETCO, this has set a post-consumer recycling rate of 65% which puts the country on par with...
Pikitup says it is pulling out all the stops to eradicate incidents of littering and illegal dumping. In addition to its work on the City of Johannesburg’s A Re Sebetseng Campaign the waste management company is calling on residents to make use of...
