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#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

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#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

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Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

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#WorldEnvironmentDay: New recycling initiative to minimise SA's impact on Antarctica

6 Jun 2025

Pick n Pay ends the 'plastic revolution' with Reverse Vending Machines

Pick n Pay ends the 'plastic revolution' with Reverse Vending Machines

5 Jun 2025

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Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

SDG 6: There is no life without water so give it the attention it needs

SDG 6: There is no life without water so give it the attention it needs

Belinda Carreira, SAICA 23 Aug 2021

Beautiful News partners with WaterBear to turn audiences into climate activists

Beautiful News partners with WaterBear to turn audiences into climate activists

Ginkgo Agency 23 Aug 2021

Red Cup Village helps save the planet by manufacturing biodegradable products

Red Cup Village helps save the planet by manufacturing biodegradable products

20 Aug 2021

Addo awash in raw sewage for months

Addo awash in raw sewage for months

Joseph Chirume 18 Aug 2021

Pre-loved clothing paving a pathway out of poverty for SA women

Pre-loved clothing paving a pathway out of poverty for SA women

17 Aug 2021

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Entries open for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

16 Aug 2021

Ivorian artist turns discarded flip-flops from beach into masterpieces

Ivorian artist turns discarded flip-flops from beach into masterpieces

Loucoumane Coulibaly 13 Aug 2021

Polyco bids farewell to long-standing CEO Mandy Naudé

Polyco bids farewell to long-standing CEO Mandy Naudé

13 Aug 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Know your value and own it' - Leandri Erasmus, Interwaste

#WomensMonth: 'Know your value and own it' - Leandri Erasmus, Interwaste

Sindy Peters 4 Aug 2021

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

3 Aug 2021

Woolworths lays out next set of sustainability ambitions

Woolworths lays out next set of sustainability ambitions

29 Jul 2021

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'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

Greenwashing: What is bioplastic, compostable and biodegradable packaging anyway?

Greenwashing: What is bioplastic, compostable and biodegradable packaging anyway?

Mpact 27 Jul 2021

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 26 Jul 2021

Chemicals in burnt warehouse caused "considerable" environmental damage - authorities

Chemicals in burnt warehouse caused "considerable" environmental damage - authorities

Wendell Roelf 26 Jul 2021

Entries open for 2021 Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards

Entries open for 2021 Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards

23 Jul 2021

Balancing food safety with packaging sustainability

Balancing food safety with packaging sustainability

22 Jul 2021

Authorities probe coastal chemical spill in Durban following unrest

Authorities probe coastal chemical spill in Durban following unrest

Siyabonga Sishi and Rogan Ward 19 Jul 2021

Local study finds ships a major source of litter on SA beaches

Local study finds ships a major source of litter on SA beaches

14 Jul 2021

ClimateScience Olympiad calls for youth to help change the world

ClimateScience Olympiad calls for youth to help change the world

14 Jul 2021

Top fashion brands remain reliant on synthetics, guilty of greenwashing - report

Top fashion brands remain reliant on synthetics, guilty of greenwashing - report

12 Jul 2021

Amazon found destroying unsold stock - would better accounting practices help?

Amazon found destroying unsold stock - would better accounting practices help?

Lucy Wishart 7 Jul 2021

A few simple hacks when grocery shopping that help the planet

A few simple hacks when grocery shopping that help the planet

Mpact 5 Jul 2021

Munch Innovation designs, produces SA's first edible bowls

Munch Innovation designs, produces SA's first edible bowls

1 Jul 2021

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Lego reveals first prototype brick made from recycled plastic bottles

24 Jun 2021

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To ban or not to ban plastic shopping bags? Implications and proposed solutions

Asphat Muposhi, Mercy Mpinganjira, Marius Wait 23 Jun 2021

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Petco diversifies into multi-materials

21 Jun 2021

Reimaging, recreating and restoring our ecosystems - one change at a time

Reimaging, recreating and restoring our ecosystems - one change at a time

Kate Stubbs 18 Jun 2021

Local tyre manufacturers drive more sustainable practices

Local tyre manufacturers drive more sustainable practices

dotGOOD 17 Jun 2021

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