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#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

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Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

9 Jul 2025

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Fashion Revolution Week 2024: How everyone can play a part in redefining South Africa's fashion industry

Fashion Revolution Week 2024: How everyone can play a part in redefining South Africa's fashion industry

Soapbox Communications 19 Apr 2024

2023 Eco-Logic award

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The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

8 Apr 2024

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

8 Apr 2024

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R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair SA 3 Apr 2024

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SA first: Liberty Two Degrees' retail portfolio achieves Net Zero waste certification

3 Apr 2024

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Critical role of glass recycling in sustainable demolition practices

28 Mar 2024

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BlackRock: 5 global megatrends shaping European investor interest

27 Mar 2024

Pick n Pay Clothing partners with Sari for Change

Pick n Pay Clothing partners with Sari for Change

25 Mar 2024

Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling

Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling

20 Mar 2024

1 in 4 consumers buy secondhand goods to help environment

1 in 4 consumers buy secondhand goods to help environment

20 Mar 2024

Bales of recovered paper. Image: Sappi

Celebrating Global Recycling Day - SA's wins and how we can improve

13 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Rubber bitumen being applied for a spray seal application

Recycled rubber paves the way for sustainable roads in South Africa

7 Mar 2024

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

29 Feb 2024

Luxury fashion's sustainable future: How pre-owned items are paving the way

Luxury fashion's sustainable future: How pre-owned items are paving the way

28 Feb 2024

Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives

Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives

27 Feb 2024

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Sustainable strategies shaping ESG compliance in South Africa

Robert Erasmus 23 Feb 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Image supplied. The Superbalist team turned out in numbers to ensure that the Green Point homeless community were well supported at the Street Store held on 10 February 2024

Superbalist's 3rd Street Store a triple win with triple the impact

15 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Pick n Pay's latest reusable bag initiative aids whale conservation

Pick n Pay's latest reusable bag initiative aids whale conservation

8 Feb 2024

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

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Deadline for comments on review of Coastal Waters Discharge Permit extended

19 Jan 2024

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Mchunu to lead Water Services Authority Summit

17 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: FMCGs to prioritise packaging in 2024 or run the risk of losing customers

#BizTrends2024: FMCGs to prioritise packaging in 2024 or run the risk of losing customers

Gisela Kruger 15 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Beyond the plate - the next wave of culinary evolution

#BizTrends2024: Beyond the plate - the next wave of culinary evolution

Renate Singh 15 Jan 2024

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2,000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela

12 Jan 2024

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