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#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

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Backpedalling on PPS will devastate scrap metals

#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

#IFATAfrica: Water at heart of SA’s innovation

9 Jul 2025

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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Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

JNPR 5 Sep 2024

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 4 Sep 2024

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 3 Sep 2024

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Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Supplied image: The pilot project with NEED, ERA’s Enterprise Development Programme, is based at the Cape Town

Pick n Pay e-waste initiative unlocks job creation for people with disabilities

23 Aug 2024

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#BehindtheSelfie: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages

Aa-isha Hassiem 21 Aug 2024

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Hloolo platform bridges funding gap for green SMEs

16 Aug 2024

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Matrics called to apply for Water and Sanitation bursaries

12 Aug 2024

Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

Kimberly Mutandiro 7 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

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Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

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

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

Mamela Media 9 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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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

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