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SA entrepreneur introduces impactful solutions to longstanding food, electronic waste challenges

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Mpact Recycling opens R150m recycling operation in KwaMashu, KZN

Mpact Recycling opens R150m recycling operation in KwaMashu, KZN

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SA Fashion Week and Fashion Revolution partner to advocate sustainable design

SA Fashion Week and Fashion Revolution partner to advocate sustainable design

21 Oct 2022

Re.Bag.Re.Use initiative receives international recognition

Re.Bag.Re.Use initiative receives international recognition

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Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

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An employee inserts lithium-ion cells from old laptop battery packs into a solar lantern at the Quadloop recycling facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

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Angela Ukomadu 13 Oct 2022

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

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Construction waste is costly: what's causing it on South African building sites

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$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

Moataz Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Lina Najem 4 Oct 2022

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Woolies suppliers commit to halving food loss and waste by 2030

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How CCBSA, together with its partners, is playing a role to achieve a world without waste

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KAP Limited 20 Sep 2022

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Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Angela Ukomadu 14 Sep 2022

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Carbon tax: How carbon-intensive businesses can neutralise the impact

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Waste to food programme at the False Bay TVET College Khayelitsha Campus

Waste to food programme at the False Bay TVET College Khayelitsha Campus

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Pamsa reports 61.4% paper recovery rate in 2021

Pamsa reports 61.4% paper recovery rate in 2021

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African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value - but there are gaps

African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value - but there are gaps

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How used clothes became part of Africa's creative economy - and fashion sense

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Faithful to Nature trials deliveries using electric 3-wheelers

Faithful to Nature trials deliveries using electric 3-wheelers

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New WWF report makes case for circular plastics economy in Africa

New WWF report makes case for circular plastics economy in Africa

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Ethical fashion: How transparent are the world's biggest brands?

Ethical fashion: How transparent are the world's biggest brands?

15 Jul 2022

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Nestlé strengthens sustainable packaging drive with new Starbucks capsules

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MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

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Big shift to environmental legislative landscape is finally here

Garyn Rapson, Kirsty Kilner & Carma Rossouw 28 Jun 2022

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Consumers rewire priorities around environment, health and human connection

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