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/ 11 February 2008

A case of collect-a-con?

From a distance Shadrack Monkhe bears an uncanny resemblance to the Collect-a-Can man seen in the recycling organisation’s advertisements. At the edge of a road in Vanderbijlpark, he pushes a wheelbarrow heaped to capacity with littered beverage containers. Even the setting is appropriate.

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/ 16 November 2007

Hot air in diesel’s eco-hype

The transformation of diesel’s reputation — from a sooty stain on the environment to the saviour of the planet — has taken place remarkably fast. This 180-degree turnabout was completed last month, when BMW distributed half a million copies of a four-page, glossy brochure touting its new diesel X5 SUV as a solution to the greenhouse effect, writes.

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/ 2 June 2006

Save the whale’s friends

Like a bloodhound on the scent of a crime, Kerry Sink enters Portugal Fisheries in Troyeville, Johannesburg, and heads straight for a freezer at the rear of the store. The 33-year-old marine biologist closely scrutinises a package of crayfish tails. ”See the scalloped lines on the shell?” she asks. ”Illegal East Coast rock lobsters.”