The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June. Since it was first introduced in 1992, nations around the globe participated in the planet’s biggest celebration of the ocean...
Plastic pollution is a problem – but the solution starts with recycling everything and anything we can, including plastic bags. We scoped out the largest plastic bag recycling facility in the world to see how it’s done. Check out our...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) is workings towards eliminating lead entirely from all locally-manufactured plastic pipe products. SAPPMA was established to create absolute quality, trust and integrity...
Millions of tonnes of waste are generate each year in South Africa. A considerable amount of this is in the form of plastic (polyethylene) shopping bags, most of which are non-degradable and destined for landfill. But, can this inevitable modern...
Plastics get the spotlight in this edition of RéSource. We take a look at the plastics recycling survey results and Plastics SA’s achievement at The Green Expo. Fulfilling its mandate of promoting the responsible and sustainable use of plastics as...
Traditionally, recycling has been easily associated with materials like plastic, paper, glass, and metal. However, ‘organic waste’ and ‘recycling’ and are less likely to be used in the same sentence. As we celebrate National Recycling Week in South...
The opening day of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)’s annual conference saw the country’s most experienced producer responsibility organisation, Petco, and recycling partner Extrupet giving a site tour for a new PET processing...
South Africa is increasing its recycling capacity for the management of plastic waste and eliminating plastic pollution, says Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts. “There are various activities aligned to the...
In a world that seems to be drowning in waste, one of the best things we can do is instill a culture of separation-at-source and recycling. Separation-at-source is a simple practice of sorting our waste in our home, schools, or businesses before it...
