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‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting African waters: Lake Victoria, SA’s Vaal and Kenya’s Nairobi rivers are hotspots

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Mombasa Container Terminal, first to achieve Kenya's Green Terminal label

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Heineken Green Zones transforms Durban’s Sisonke City Farm into a sustainable community oasis

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The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

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All the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists

All the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists

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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

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Global brands in developing markets: The unseen environmental and commercial gaps

Global brands in developing markets: The unseen environmental and commercial gaps

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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

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21 Nov 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

All the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists

All the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists

18 Nov 2024

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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

14 Nov 2024

Global brands in developing markets: The unseen environmental and commercial gaps

Global brands in developing markets: The unseen environmental and commercial gaps

Nevo Hadas 14 Nov 2024

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

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Don't trash your old servers, rather refurbish

Don't trash your old servers, rather refurbish

Ryan Birkenbach 7 Nov 2024

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

5 Nov 2024

Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales reacts as he speaks to students at the College Stoke Climsland in Callington, in Cornwall, southwestern England, on 17 October 2024. Justin Tallis/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Prince William in South Africa for green prize ceremony

Michael Holden 1 Nov 2024

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2024 Eco-Logic Awards honours green guardians

31 Oct 2024

Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

31 Oct 2024

Tetra Pak's manufacturer base educates schoolgoers in The Recycle Carton campaign

Tetra Pak's manufacturer base educates schoolgoers in The Recycle Carton campaign

31 Oct 2024

Transforming waste into sustainable earnings

Transforming waste into sustainable earnings

MultiChoice 30 Oct 2024

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EPR free riders beware - regulator to strengthen enforcement against non-compliance

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Michelle Morris 24 Oct 2024

Nestlé’s commitment to sustainable packaging

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22 Oct 2024

Go plastic free with Bonnie Bio’s useful, compostable products

Go plastic free with Bonnie Bio’s useful, compostable products

Soapbox Communications 16 Oct 2024

Entrepreneur turns agricultural waste into braai briquettes

Entrepreneur turns agricultural waste into braai briquettes

The Social Employment Fund 15 Oct 2024

TCB: Taking care of the circular economy

TCB: Taking care of the circular economy

Soapbox Communications 15 Oct 2024

Massmart expands SA’s retail e-waste recycling drive

Massmart expands SA’s retail e-waste recycling drive

14 Oct 2024

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ERA's E-waste Day campaign is back to encourage recycling of electronics

10 Oct 2024

Woolworths launches Denim Drop-Off programme

Woolworths launches Denim Drop-Off programme

9 Oct 2024

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 8 Oct 2024

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How proper e-waste management can financially benefit your company

Colin Williamson 7 Oct 2024

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Forum to address Vaal River pollution

2 Oct 2024

Johannes Magaela, Phillip Masitenyane and Minah Funani sort plastic items inside Funani’s yard in Tembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Visually impaired recyclers help the planet

Ihsaan Haffejee 26 Sep 2024

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

25 Sep 2024

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

17 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf A new R300-million processing facility - a first-of-its-kind technology for Africa - will add an extra 15,000 tonnes per annum of food-grade recycled PET output capacity (Pictured: plastic bottles ready for recycling)

First for Africa R300m PET recycling plant to add 15,000 tons capacity annually; critical for export-oriented industries

17 Sep 2024

Brown Skuas breeding on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, mainly feed on seabirds that breed on the island. Photo: Peter Ryan

Surprising study: Amount of plastic ingested by seabirds remains unchanged since the 80s

16 Sep 2024

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Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Dragonfly (powered by Anisoptera) wins 7th annual FNF GreenPitch Challenge

Dragonfly (powered by Anisoptera) wins 7th annual FNF GreenPitch Challenge

GreenCape 12 Sep 2024

Plastic and garbage on South Beach, Durban, in February 2023. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

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Aisling de Lange 9 Sep 2024

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