The recently released Natural Capital Protocol promises to give business a new appreciation of the ecosystem services on which they rely. According to Paul Jorgensen, environmental scientist at SRK Consulting in South Africa, the protocol offers a...
Civil engineering confidence picked up by six index points to 43 in the second quarter of 2017, according to the Construction Industry Development Board’s (CIDB) SME business conditions survey. This follows a largely flat 2016 and a disappointing...
Thamba Tabvuma re-purposes waste by converting it into things which can be sold and generate an income for him. Tabvuma has had a love for recycling since he was a young boy. Three years ago he converted his passion into a business which now...
South Africa is committed to sustainable and climate smart development, says Environmental Affairs minister Edna Molewa. “South Africa’s short, medium and long-term vision is to contribute towards an environmentally sustainable, climate change...
Charlotte Lamprecht, owner of Henque Waste in Riversdale, Western Cape has won the 2017 PETCO Top Woman in Recycling award. The award recognises a female in the South African recycling sector who has demonstrated admirable leadership, business...
Preserving South Africa’s marine heritage and protecting its shores from pollution has been a priority for the global plastics industry, and in South Africa, DPI Plastics is seeing this through. The company has been a part of the Fishing Line...
The South African plastics industry recently launched Operation Clean Sweep on World Oceans Day (8 June 2017) at the uShaka Marine World in Durban. According to Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA, the primary goal of the campaign is...
One of Johannesburg’s oldest canals recently underwent an R8 million upgrade as part of the city’s repair and rehabilitation of stormwater drainage systems portfolio. The Robinson Canal upgrade was undertaken by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA),...
An entrepreneur in Nigeria has come up with an eco-friendly electronic waste recycling solution. Workers take the e-waste apart by hand and re-sell the raw materials, however these waste pickers are faced with challenges, sorting through waste at...
