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The value of plastic waste

The value of plastic wasteMpact

Rangelands provide a wealth of ecosystem services and support rural economies while harbouring native biodiversity. Courtesy Rauri Alcock

Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

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Source: © Global Cosmetics News Unilver has succumbed to pressure from shareholders to cut costs and to scale back environmental and social pledges

Unilever scales back on environmental and social initiatives

22 Apr 2024

#AreYouGoingToRecycleThat: South Africans urged to interrogate their waste

#AreYouGoingToRecycleThat: South Africans urged to interrogate their waste

18 Sep 2019

What you need to know about the new draft laws for Organic Waste Composting

What you need to know about the new draft laws for Organic Waste Composting

16 Sep 2019

Could fungi save the fashion world?

Could fungi save the fashion world?

Sam Vettese and Ian Singleton 13 Sep 2019

New waste recycling app to bridge the truck owner, customer gap

New waste recycling app to bridge the truck owner, customer gap

12 Sep 2019

5 ways to shift consumers towards sustainable behaviour

5 ways to shift consumers towards sustainable behaviour

David J. Hardisty, Katherine White and Rishad Habib 11 Sep 2019

Separated display screens (TVs) at the site. Alison Stowell

How potential of massive e-waste dump in Ghana can be harnessed

Alison Stowell 10 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

9 Sep 2019

The Carbon Tax Act makes SA's position clear

The Carbon Tax Act makes SA's position clear

Athi Jara 6 Sep 2019

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

4 Sep 2019

Ships' risky fuel transfers are threatening African Penguins

Ships' risky fuel transfers are threatening African Penguins

Peter Ryan, Katrin Ludynia and Lorien Pichegru 4 Sep 2019

Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won't save the environment

Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won't save the environment

Yossi Sheffi 30 Aug 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

27 Aug 2019

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

27 Aug 2019

Airline passengers can reduce up to 80% of their CO2 emissions

21 Aug 2019

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019

Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

21 Aug 2019

Plastics|SA releases plastics recycling figures for 2018

Plastics|SA releases plastics recycling figures for 2018

21 Aug 2019

Disaster fund needed to clean KZN river spill

Disaster fund needed to clean KZN river spill

Fred Kockott 19 Aug 2019

Architects use plastic bottles to design ocean wave façade system

Architects use plastic bottles to design ocean wave façade system

16 Aug 2019

The trio of South African pride SodaStream bottles.

Sustainably drinking in SA's sights on SodaStream's red bus tour

Leigh Andrews 13 Aug 2019

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Anika Kozlowski 8 Aug 2019

Broll report details plastic usage trends in SA retail industry

Broll report details plastic usage trends in SA retail industry

2 Aug 2019

Lego's most sustainable playset to launch in SA this August

Lego's most sustainable playset to launch in SA this August

25 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

A Fish Named Faithful helps highlight Plastic-Free July at the Waterfront

A Fish Named Faithful helps highlight Plastic-Free July at the Waterfront

18 Jul 2019

PETCO's 2019 recycling champs announced

PETCO's 2019 recycling champs announced

18 Jul 2019

Smarter mobility may be the answer to curbing SA's carbon emissions

Smarter mobility may be the answer to curbing SA's carbon emissions

Ben Pullen 18 Jul 2019

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Tom Lee, Alexandra Crosby, Clare Cooper, Jesse Adams Stein and Katherine Scardifield 17 Jul 2019

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What you need to know about the new draft laws for Organic Waste Composting

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16 Sep 2019

Could fungi save the fashion world?

Could fungi save the fashion world?

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New waste recycling app to bridge the truck owner, customer gap

New waste recycling app to bridge the truck owner, customer gap

12 Sep 2019

5 ways to shift consumers towards sustainable behaviour

5 ways to shift consumers towards sustainable behaviour

David J. Hardisty, Katherine White and Rishad Habib 11 Sep 2019

Separated display screens (TVs) at the site. Alison Stowell

How potential of massive e-waste dump in Ghana can be harnessed

Alison Stowell 10 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

9 Sep 2019

The Carbon Tax Act makes SA's position clear

The Carbon Tax Act makes SA's position clear

Athi Jara 6 Sep 2019

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

4 Sep 2019

Ships' risky fuel transfers are threatening African Penguins

Ships' risky fuel transfers are threatening African Penguins

Peter Ryan, Katrin Ludynia and Lorien Pichegru 4 Sep 2019

Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won't save the environment

Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won't save the environment

Yossi Sheffi 30 Aug 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

27 Aug 2019

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

27 Aug 2019

Airline passengers can reduce up to 80% of their CO2 emissions

21 Aug 2019

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019

Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

21 Aug 2019

Plastics|SA releases plastics recycling figures for 2018

Plastics|SA releases plastics recycling figures for 2018

21 Aug 2019

Disaster fund needed to clean KZN river spill

Disaster fund needed to clean KZN river spill

Fred Kockott 19 Aug 2019

Architects use plastic bottles to design ocean wave façade system

Architects use plastic bottles to design ocean wave façade system

16 Aug 2019

The trio of South African pride SodaStream bottles.

Sustainably drinking in SA's sights on SodaStream's red bus tour

Leigh Andrews 13 Aug 2019

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Anika Kozlowski 8 Aug 2019

Broll report details plastic usage trends in SA retail industry

Broll report details plastic usage trends in SA retail industry

2 Aug 2019

Lego's most sustainable playset to launch in SA this August

Lego's most sustainable playset to launch in SA this August

25 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

A Fish Named Faithful helps highlight Plastic-Free July at the Waterfront

A Fish Named Faithful helps highlight Plastic-Free July at the Waterfront

18 Jul 2019

PETCO's 2019 recycling champs announced

PETCO's 2019 recycling champs announced

18 Jul 2019

Smarter mobility may be the answer to curbing SA's carbon emissions

Smarter mobility may be the answer to curbing SA's carbon emissions

Ben Pullen 18 Jul 2019

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Tom Lee, Alexandra Crosby, Clare Cooper, Jesse Adams Stein and Katherine Scardifield 17 Jul 2019

National Council Against Smoking, Greenpeace Africa launch #BanTheButt campaign

National Council Against Smoking, Greenpeace Africa launch #BanTheButt campaign

16 Jul 2019

Plastic poses a major environmental threat: but is it being over-stated?

Plastic poses a major environmental threat: but is it being over-stated?

Peter Ryan 12 Jul 2019

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Kate Stubbs 12 Jul 2019

Packa-Ching recycling project launched in Thabazimbi, Limpopo

Packa-Ching recycling project launched in Thabazimbi, Limpopo

11 Jul 2019

Collective action needed in dealing with waste, water and food security

Collective action needed in dealing with waste, water and food security

11 Jul 2019

#CSIMonth: Q&A with surfer Rosy Hodge on the ban of single-use plastic with #ProtectParadise

#CSIMonth: Q&A with surfer Rosy Hodge on the ban of single-use plastic with #ProtectParadise

Ruth Cooper 10 Jul 2019

We organised a conference for 570 people without using plastic. Here's how it went

We organised a conference for 570 people without using plastic. Here's how it went

Elizabeth Sinclair, Charlotte Birkmanis, and Robert Pemberton 10 Jul 2019

G-Star's latest collection is dyed using upcycled plant waste

G-Star's latest collection is dyed using upcycled plant waste

9 Jul 2019

Only 20% of global e-waste recycled each year

Only 20% of global e-waste recycled each year

5 Jul 2019

Gullan captions this: “Wake up with the birds. Do the hard stuff first. Give your best. Go for regular walks.”

#BehindtheSelfie with... Desiree Gullan

Leigh Andrews 3 Jul 2019

PPPs and recycling challenges to be addressed at IFAT Africa

PPPs and recycling challenges to be addressed at IFAT Africa

2 Jul 2019

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