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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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Have your say on scrap metal export proposal

16 May 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

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Are you disposing of your vape and cartridges correctly?

15 May 2023

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Call to comment on proposed amendment of regulations for waste sector

9 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

5 May 2023

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Call for tailing dams with a safety risk to register

3 May 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

17 Apr 2023

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

13 Apr 2023

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Apr 2023

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

12 Apr 2023

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Hi-Tec One highlights outdoor brand's sustainability drive

6 Apr 2023

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

4 Apr 2023

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African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

New Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance CEO Dorah Modise. Source: Supplied

Dorah Modise takes the helm at Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance

31 Mar 2023

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

31 Mar 2023

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3 steps to meeting your waste management targets

28 Mar 2023

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Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

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SA retailers and brands making headway in cutting plastic waste

23 Mar 2023

Kenya’s Chemolex, creators of Biopactic, a biodegradable alternative to plastic made from invasive water hyacinths that grow aggressively in Lake Victoria. Image source: .

Winners of the Afri-Plastics Challenge 2023

20 Mar 2023

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Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

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New CoCT, UCT climate app challenges Capetonians to act neutral

15 Mar 2023

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

KAP Limited 14 Mar 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

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Plastic producers warned against making unverified environmental claims

3 Mar 2023

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Corruseal-Neopak merger denied: When proposed remedies aren't enough

Angelo Tzarevski 3 Mar 2023

Intellidex MD, Dr Graunt Kruger

Africa Impact Investment Awards: Interview with Dr Graunt Kruger, MD of Intellidex

Shan Radcliffe 27 Feb 2023

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