Shoes made from ocean plastics, packaging material made from mushrooms and a green partnership between Ford and Heinz to build car parts from tomato fibre. These are examples of the circular economy in action. The circular economy has been...
Experts have said that the carbon tax – which was introduced beginning of the month – is way too low and it will have almost no effect in curbing South Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. Companies will pay 42 US cents a ton of carbon emissions,...
Tshwane metro is set to open new landfill sites to end dumping woes for its residents. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo told Record East that the metro has already identified sites and feasibility studies would soon commence, in order to determine...
Although many South Africans are routinely reducing, reusing and recycling their waste in order to lessen the mountain of waste sent to landfill each day, this isn’t enough. However, we’re still facing a world where there will be more plastic in...
Up to two tonnes of plastic pellets will make its way to Jeffreys Bay over the next few weeks, all for the construction of the first “plastic” or eco-friendly road in Africa. Kouga Municipality last week officially launched the plastic road trial,...
As the global movement away from single-use plastics gathers momentum, South Africa continues to make significant strides in its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recycling efforts. According to the latest statistics released by national...
Motivated by a strong desire to clean up the environment, while also fighting unemployment, hunger and the growing threat of drugs in her community, Johanna Leshabane launched the Bophelo Recycling project back in 2007. While the project started...
Almost 190 countries have agreed to new control measures that will limit the transboundary movement of plastic waste around the world, following the recent ratification of the Basel Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. The resolution prohibits the...
The Carbon Tax Bill which came into effect on the 1st of June 2019 states that any person, partnership, trust, community, municipal or public listed entity, who conducts an activity which results in the emission of greenhouse gases above the...