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Supported by Property Point, the 15 Black-owned SMEs presented their climate-resilient, socially inclusive solutions at the 2025 Green Building Convention in Cape Town. Image supplied.

How these 15 Black-owned SMEs highlight inclusive sustainability

Think before you throw: Join The Glass Recycling Challenge this November

Think before you throw: Join The Glass Recycling Challenge this NovemberJNPR

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Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Fibre Circle 30 Jul 2024

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South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Wendell Roelf 30 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

Ashley du Plooy, CEO at E-Waste Recycling Authority (ERA).

EXCLUSIVE: Making real change to the e-waste challenge

Ashley du Plooy 10 Jul 2024

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Propelair SA 10 Jul 2024

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Why IT asset disposition should be part of your ESG strategy

Wale Arewa 8 Jul 2024

Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

8 Jul 2024

From left: Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens Digital Industries, Mariana Vaz Sigoli, Siemens Hydrogen Center of Competence, Jan Grimbrandt, CEO of Boson Energy and Liran Dor, CTO of Boson Energy

Siemens and Boson Energy partner on waste-to-hydrogen tech

4 Jul 2024

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

3 Jul 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

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Source: Canon Central and North Africa

Canon joins war on plastic waste with new sorting machine to enhance recycling

26 Jun 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The Future Supplier Initiative offers a collective financing model to support decarbonisation in the apparel sector

Innovative collective financing model to decarbonise the fashion sector

14 Jun 2024

Pick n Pay reintroduces e-waste recycling bins at stores

Pick n Pay reintroduces e-waste recycling bins at stores

13 Jun 2024

The importance of trials (reason process and time frames)

The importance of trials (reason process and time frames)

Mpact 11 Jun 2024

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

10 Jun 2024

KZN learners to represent SA at Stockholm Junior Water Prize

KZN learners to represent SA at Stockholm Junior Water Prize

10 Jun 2024

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

7 Jun 2024

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

6 Jun 2024

Merchants on Long champions unique upcycled collection

Merchants on Long champions unique upcycled collection

3 Jun 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Green cement would be a climate win for the globe. Source: Engin Akyurt/Pexels

Cambridge researchers break new ground in green cement

Lindsey Schutters 24 May 2024

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet 17 May 2024

Image supplied. Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels gives 8 best practices for greener events

8 best practices for greener events

Gary Koetser 16 May 2024

Learn and win with Children vs Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Learn and win with Children vs Champions e-waste recycling campaign

16 May 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Giulio Airaga is MD of Desco Electronic Recyclers

Navigating evolving e-waste landscape with EPR compliance

Giulio Airaga 13 May 2024

Bold changes unfolding at Propelair

Bold changes unfolding at Propelair

Propelair SA 8 May 2024

The value of plastic waste

The value of plastic waste

Mpact 24 Apr 2024

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