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Results for recycling plastic

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ESG & Sustainability
Plastic Free July: Don't underestimate the importance of recycling

Xolile White 10 Jul 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
Major brands, retailers are meeting plastic collection, recycling targets

29 Jun 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
Circular economy: Sustainable solution to global plastic pollution crisis

Marietjie Brown 9 Jun 2023

Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions
ESG & Sustainability
Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions

6 Jun 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.
ESG & Sustainability
Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

Woolworths ramps up sustainable shopping bag initiatives
Retail
Woolworths ramps up sustainable shopping bag initiatives

1 Dec 2022

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Retail
Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

Informal waste collection shouldn't let plastic polluters off the hook: here's why
ESG & Sustainability
Informal waste collection shouldn't let plastic polluters off the hook: here's why

Teresa Sandra Perez 4 Feb 2022

African governments urged to back global treaty on plastic pollution
ESG & Sustainability
African governments urged to back global treaty on plastic pollution

2 Feb 2022

Consumer environmental awareness set to shape how businesses manage their waste
ESG & Sustainability
Consumer environmental awareness set to shape how businesses manage their waste

1 Feb 2022

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Retail
SA's biggest retailers and brands move towards eco-friendly packaging

Nonhlelo Nhleko, Paula-Ann Novotny and Ziyanda Ngcobo 6 Dec 2021

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries
ESG & Sustainability
Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 26 Jul 2021

New report looks at barriers to recycling in SA
ESG & Sustainability
New report looks at barriers to recycling in SA

31 May 2021

2021 African Circular Economy Alliance: Giving waste a second chance
ESG & Sustainability
2021 African Circular Economy Alliance: Giving waste a second chance

19 Apr 2021

Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released
ESG & Sustainability
Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released

19 Mar 2021

Plastics Colloquium identifies 5 key focus areas for 2021
ESG & Sustainability
Plastics Colloquium identifies 5 key focus areas for 2021

20 Nov 2020

Mounting plastic waste risks lives, diminishes sustainable change
ESG & Sustainability
Mounting plastic waste risks lives, diminishes sustainable change

Kate Stubbs 19 Nov 2020

Annual survey reveals plastics recycling figures for 2019
ESG & Sustainability
Annual survey reveals plastics recycling figures for 2019

16 Oct 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse
ESG & Sustainability
Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Anzisha Prize 2020 reveals finalists
Entrepreneurship
Anzisha Prize 2020 reveals finalists

17 Sep 2020

Eco-heroes advised to stay safe this Clean-Up and Recycle SA Week
ESG & Sustainability
Eco-heroes advised to stay safe this Clean-Up and Recycle SA Week

4 Sep 2020

Have your say on plastic bag regulations
Legal
Have your say on plastic bag regulations

24 Aug 2020

Plastic: Can't live without it, can reinvent it!
Retail
Plastic: Can't live without it, can reinvent it!

Dean Lynch, Issued by Bean Content 2 Apr 2020

#Budget2020: Plastic bag levy increase the new sin tax?
ESG & Sustainability
#Budget2020: Plastic bag levy increase the new sin tax?

Lorren de Kock 28 Feb 2020

How the Shoprite Group is curbing its plastic packaging waste
Retail
How the Shoprite Group is curbing its plastic packaging waste

22 Jan 2020

PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design
ESG & Sustainability
PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design

9 Oct 2019

From bottle to bag: Nationwide roll-out of PnP bags made from recycled plastic
Retail
From bottle to bag: Nationwide roll-out of PnP bags made from recycled plastic

20 Sep 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels
Retail
WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

Sustainability challenges spur innovation among food and beverage manufacturers
Retail
Sustainability challenges spur innovation among food and beverage manufacturers

9 Jul 2019

SA shows 6% year-on-year increase in PET plastic bottle recycling
ESG & Sustainability
SA shows 6% year-on-year increase in PET plastic bottle recycling

7 Jun 2019

How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable
Retail
How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable

3 Jun 2019

FMCG recycling commitments no cure for plastic crisis
Retail
FMCG recycling commitments no cure for plastic crisis

29 Mar 2019

Sunlight raises recycling awareness through packaging innovation
Retail
Sunlight raises recycling awareness through packaging innovation

20 Mar 2019

#GlobalRecyclingDay: Coca-Cola's plan to tackle the plastic waste problem in Africa
Retail
#GlobalRecyclingDay: Coca-Cola's plan to tackle the plastic waste problem in Africa

18 Mar 2019

Toward a circular economy: Tackling the plastics recycling problem
ESG & Sustainability
Toward a circular economy: Tackling the plastics recycling problem

Margaret Sobkowicz 17 Jan 2019

Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads
ESG & Sustainability
Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads

Martin LaMonica 27 Dec 2018

Coca-Cola pledges $38m towards recycling initiatives in Africa
Retail
Coca-Cola pledges $38m towards recycling initiatives in Africa

6 Dec 2018

Plastic floats on and near the surface of the ocean.
ESG & Sustainability
The world's plastic problem is bigger than the ocean

Christopher J. Preston 14 Nov 2018

It pays to use recyclable shopping bags at Shoprite and Checkers
Retail
It pays to use recyclable shopping bags at Shoprite and Checkers

24 Oct 2018

Why can't all plastic waste be recycled?
ESG & Sustainability
Why can't all plastic waste be recycled?

Sharon George 3 Aug 2018

Why compostable plastics may be no better for the environment
ESG & Sustainability
Why compostable plastics may be no better for the environment

Thomas Neitzert 2 Aug 2018

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ESG & Sustainability
Your coffee cup lid is likely to outlive you and your grandchildren

5 Jun 2018

School children recycle waste for food
ESG & Sustainability
School children recycle waste for food

Joseph Chirume 4 Apr 2018

Bottled water and the drought
Retail
Bottled water and the drought

Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp staff 20 Dec 2017

Kenya should be focused on recycling, not banning plastic bags
ESG & Sustainability
Kenya should be focused on recycling, not banning plastic bags

Leah Oyake-Ombis 5 Jul 2017

#PepsiChallenge launches globally across areas of pop culture
Marketing & Media
#PepsiChallenge launches globally across areas of pop culture

12 Mar 2015

Sport
Gary Player Invitational to support Wildlands Conservation Trust, Wings and Wishes

22 Nov 2012

ESG & Sustainability
Extruwood exhibits recycled products at Hobby-X

2 Mar 2012

Buy green locally, support carbon reduction
Retail
Buy green locally, support carbon reduction

13 Oct 2011

Free tickets for stadium workers
Marketing & Media
Free tickets for stadium workers

Bongani Nkosi 10 May 2010

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