Plastics SA has released a new campaign of radio and television advertisements aimed at driving awareness around the pressing issue of marine litter. The adverts, which feature beautiful sounds and images of whales, dolphins and seagulls, take...
Scientists have accidentally engineered an enzyme capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that could assist in combating the world’s growing plastic waste problem. The enzyme is based on a naturally occurring bacteria first...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) says that only top quality pipes manufactured by members who meet the association’s stringent quality standards will be allowed to bear the SAPPMA mark. According to Jan Venter,...
Experts predict that by 2050, plastic pollution in the sea will outweigh the fish in our oceans. Now a national food retailer has piloted a project in the Eastern Cape and is no longer selling or using plastic bags. They have replaced them with...
Over 700 Green Desks, made from 2 700kgs of recycled plastic waste collected from the 2017 Comrades and Two Oceans marathons, have been delivered to over 40 schools in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The donation is part of the #GoGreen...
A new report by Euromonitor has revealed that plastic is a regular offender among ocean waste. Plastics features prominently among the growing volumes of post-consumer waste littering the environment, as indicated by findings from Ocean...
A recent study by Irish-based researchers has confirmed that plastic pollution is reaching deep into the ocean with results showing that over 70% of deep sea fish have ingested plastic. According to Anders Jacobson, co-founder and CEO of Blue, the...
Environmentalists, governments, businesses and individuals attending the Volvo Ocean Race Hong Kong Ocean Summit were urged to come together and find ways to ban single-use plastics to halt their impact on the health of the planet’s oceans and...
South Africans are recycling more plastic than ever before according to the latest plastics recycling figures released by Plastics SA. Anton Hanekom, Executive Director for Plastics SA, says the results of its annual survey into plastics recycling...
