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Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

20 May 2025

It’s in our hands: Isanti Glass champions local sustainability and community upliftment

It’s in our hands: Isanti Glass champions local sustainability and community upliftment

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Can a world without plastics exist?

Can a world without plastics exist?

Mpact 9 Jun 2021

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Donvay Wegierski 3 Jun 2021

New report looks at barriers to recycling in SA

New report looks at barriers to recycling in SA

31 May 2021

CCBA celebrates fifth anniversary since merger

CCBA celebrates fifth anniversary since merger

25 May 2021

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires share in Lesotho bottler

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires share in Lesotho bottler

10 May 2021

Chanel loses to Huawei in EU trade mark dispute

Chanel loses to Huawei in EU trade mark dispute

David Legge 3 May 2021

EPR regulation: Doubling down on plastic bag producers

EPR regulation: Doubling down on plastic bag producers

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Emma Bleeker 29 Apr 2021

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L'Oréal Paris to cut 50% of carbon footprint by 2030

26 Apr 2021

Colgate's first recyclable toothpaste tube introduced in SA

Colgate's first recyclable toothpaste tube introduced in SA

23 Apr 2021

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Passing-off an upset: Unpacking the Koni vs BAG ruling

Rachel Sikwane 21 Apr 2021

Nestlé becomes first FMCG company to join Polyco

Nestlé becomes first FMCG company to join Polyco

20 Apr 2021

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Amended plastic bag regulations published for implementation

19 Apr 2021

Unpacking the effectiveness of SA legislature in trying to reinvent the EPR wheel

Unpacking the effectiveness of SA legislature in trying to reinvent the EPR wheel

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Emma Bleeker 19 Apr 2021

Smarties celebrates sustainable packaging milestone with artist collab

Smarties celebrates sustainable packaging milestone with artist collab

16 Apr 2021

Woolworths implements further single-use plastic reductions in stores

Woolworths implements further single-use plastic reductions in stores

13 Apr 2021

Ultrazorb polystyrene meat trays: now also in PET and rPET

Ultrazorb polystyrene meat trays: now also in PET and rPET

Mpact 24 Mar 2021

Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released

Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released

19 Mar 2021

Corona pilots beer packaging made using surplus barley

Corona pilots beer packaging made using surplus barley

18 Mar 2021

How wheat straw, mango peels could be used for renewable food packaging

How wheat straw, mango peels could be used for renewable food packaging

15 Mar 2021

New campaign promotes recycling of food and beverage cartons

New campaign promotes recycling of food and beverage cartons

15 Mar 2021

New sustainable packaging initiative to encourage greener logistics industry

New sustainable packaging initiative to encourage greener logistics industry

8 Mar 2021

We're mastering circularity - beyond the beverage industry!

We're mastering circularity - beyond the beverage industry!

Mpact 2 Mar 2021

Manufacturing output up 1,8% in December

Manufacturing output up 1,8% in December

12 Feb 2021

CCBSA expands B-BBEE employee share ownership scheme

CCBSA expands B-BBEE employee share ownership scheme

8 Feb 2021

Higher food prices look set to ease in second quarter

Higher food prices look set to ease in second quarter

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Jan 2021

Why smart packaging can be a valuable brand differentiator

Robert Lockyer 21 Jan 2021

Agriculture and the consumer's "right to know" movement

Agriculture and the consumer's "right to know" movement

Theo Boshoff 18 Jan 2021

NPO exerts pressure on FMCG and retail giants to cut plastic usage

NPO exerts pressure on FMCG and retail giants to cut plastic usage

15 Jan 2021

Manufacturing production down 3.5% in November

Manufacturing production down 3.5% in November

13 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Safety vs sustainability - the packaging industry's key conundrum

#BizTrends2021: Safety vs sustainability - the packaging industry's key conundrum

Nthabiseng Motsoeneng 7 Jan 2021

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