The youth of 1976 fought hard to take back their country from the crippling effects of apartheid and injustice. Now that freedom has been attained, we are faced with constant reality of our communities being riddled with litter and the environment...
The South African Plastics Recyclers’ Organisation (SAPRO) has announced that entries are now open for its “Best Recycled Plastics Product of the Year Competition”, which will be hosted this year in collaboration with Plastics|SA and two...
ABECO Tanks design, manufacture, and install quality ground level, elevated, customised, and circular bolted tanks. ABECO has moved beyond being a leader in water storage to include a wide range of product storage solutions. With over 30 years’...
Pretoria Portland Cement is the corporate embodiment of its product. Through its extensive service offering it ensure sustainability and skills transfer – literally, and figuratively, holding the built environment together. Cement and concrete are...
In an effort to save more water, The eThekwini Municipality has installed more than 3000 water restrictors to every household affected by water rationing, to reduce the water flow rate which will allow for a 24 hour flow of water on 30 percent...
The Rainbow Nation Recycling Club in Kini Bay just outside Port Elizabeth comprises a little buy-back centre and a swop shop, and brings hope to the Clarendon Marine community by supporting local children who bring in recyclable PET bottles on a...
It’s a truism that in South Africa, we have some of the most progressive legislation in the world but that those laws lack enforcement. Stakeholders from government, the private sector and NGO’s want to bridge this gap one of the biggest factors...
Cape Town has recently embarked on an illegal dumping clamped down in an effort to curb the R350-million spent annually on cleaning up the City. “This money could have been better spent on a new sports facility or on social welfare programmes, but...
Growing populations and economies in the Western Indian Ocean region are increasing risks to the world’s least ecologically disturbed coasts, where ecosystem services are conservatively valued at US$25 billion annually. This is according to a...
