The City of Cape Town has allocated an additional R115 million for clean-up operations as part of its efforts to maintain the beauty the mother city has become renowned for. Â This comes after calls from residents for the City to keep a lid on...
The eThekwini Municipality’s waste woes have gone from bad to worse with enraged waste contractors dumping rubbish on the N2 highway near Isipingo south of Durban. According to reports by the Daily News the contractors were protesting against...
This past week has been a busy one for Plastics SA as it used Sustainability Week, World Environment Day and World Oceans Day to drive home efforts to keep plastic pollution out of the environment. Douw Steyn, Sustainability Director at Plastics...
In an effort to safeguard the environment and combat pollution the City of Johannesburg is set to roll out a phased approach to make separation at source mandatory for households. According to Nico de Jager, the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the...
Herman Mashaba, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, is taking on the issue of solid waste in his City with the goal of making Johannesburg one of the cleanest cities not only in Africa, but in the world. Under the leadership of Mashaba,...
Record numbers of volunteers participated in the 2017 international coastal clean-up (ICC) day which took place at beaches around the country this past weekend. This was the 21st year in which South Africa participated in the annual ICC event with...
Tapping into people’s ability to be agents of change, executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, is facilitating the launch of a monthly volunteer campaign, focused on cleaning the city, and beyond. Sandton call Mashaba has called...
Five hundred green desks will be made from recycled waste for needy schools in and around Cape Town. This is due to the recycling culture that is continuing to grow in the Western Cape as event organisers push #GoGreen campaigns. This was seen at...
A South African company is participating in an innovative initiative to eliminate plastic litter from the canals of Europe. Johannesburg and Cape Town-based KBAC Flooring is the sole South African distributor of Interface carpet tiles which...
