Participants who took part in the 10th annual Peninsula Paddle were left stunned at the amount of plastic that is suffocating a section of the Black River. Each year the Peninsula Paddle brings together individuals from all over the Mother City....
Compostable and biodegradable plastics could add to marine pollution because there is no infrastructure in place to make sure they break down correctly. This is according to experts, who were warning the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
In a groundbreaking, market-leading initiative, Shisalanga Construction – a majority owned subsidiary of Raubex Group Limited – has paved a South African road using a locally recycled plastic compound as part of the asphalt formula ingredient. On...
Starting from 10 September, 200 tons of “plastic road” is due to be laid on a stretch of the N3 highway in KwaZulu-Natal. The recycled plastic is used as a binder ingredient in the asphalt and replaces a percentage of bitumen, while...
Malawi’s paramount court has ruled in favour of a ban on plastic, upholding a 2015 government bar on producing, distributing and importing thin single-use plastics. This type of plastic is typically used in packaging and wrapping. In a...
Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on beaches and in the ocean is harmful to both marine...
Nine of the top ten items retrieved from beach cleanups are related to food and drink. Food packaging remains the second most common trash item collected during the Ocean Conservancy’s annual beach cleanup in 2018. And now for the first time,...
When you discard a plastic bottle, do you ever stop and think about where that plastic ends up? Most would say it ends up as litter or discarded in the ocean, however with Ford, recycled plastic ends up in its vehicles. Ford Motor Company is...
The Kouga municipality in the Eastern Cape has started construction on South Africa’s first plastic road. Local civil engineering and construction companies will team up with Scottish firm, MacRebur, to build a 1km stretch of plastic road. However,...
