An innovative project for informal waste pickers in Cape Town demonstrates how empowerment and a circular economy can make a difference
On World Cleanup Day on 20 September 2025, Sneaker LAB and Sentinel Ocean Alliance are inviting Cape Town to join a Hout Bay cleanup. Sneaker LAB, the Cape Town-born global sneaker-care brand, is taking its sustainability mission beyond the shelves and onto the shoreline with a community cleanup in collaboration with Sentinel Ocean Alliance in […]
Stellenbosch University has developed a process involving enzymes that can break down bioplastics
Our waste-management sites are filling up fast, with serious health and environmental consequences
Upcyclers must ensure that their activities comply with IP laws to avoid legal challenges from trade mark owners who may claim infringement of their brand
Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from doing this
Initiatives by the Gauteng Department of Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
The goal is for every package to have more than one life
Informal recycling gives people a sense of purpose and fulfilment and contributes hugely to recycling in the country
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests in circular economy to promote employment and environmental good
Focusing on Recycled Materials, Eco-Packaging, Energy Efficiency and Recycling/Upcycling
How separation at source will protect our environment and support the economy
The Sweethearts Foundation sells the plastic to recyclers and buys wheelchairs
South Africa is running out of landfill space for our solid waste, which also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions – but the good news is we can easily be part of the solution
Mounou Désiré Koffi is bringing attention to the world’s e-waste menace by using dead cell phone keyboards in his art.
A United Nations meeting in Kenya is a step towards developing a legally binding global treaty that will decisively tackle plastic pollution
A youth empowerment programme has seen an increased interest in climate and environment issues.
The Paarl campus of Green School South Africa uses solar power and climate-smart water management systems.
The residents live less than 500 metres from the landfill and have, for several years, complained to the city’s various entities.
The initiative provides schools with a toolkit to reduce the waste they send to landfills by recycling more effectively
‘If plastic were a country, it would already be the fifth-largest emitter in the world’
Producers and importers of electronic goods will be legally responsible for end-of-life management of their products from 5 November
But conservation group questions the applicability of the US study to South Africa and says people should rather drink tap water
Real dung beetles make waste useful and this steel sculpture does the same for plastic
The environment department’s Source-to-Sea initiative will create 1 600 work opportunities
Most of the wastewater produced worldwide receives no treatment and the nutrients in wastewater go to waste. Here’s how households can draw these nutrients from urine
Can the right incentives close the gap between idea and execution in sustainability policy?
Change needs to happen at an organisational level – but that starts with pressure from consumers
On July 1, Shanghai launched China’s most ambitious garbage separation and recycling programme ever
Plastic straws and their role in environmental sustainability remain an issue of global concern
Our readers write in about plastic waste and an article on President Jair Bolsonaro
In mainland China, imports of plastic waste have dropped from 600 000 tonnes per month in 2016 to about 30 000 a month in 2018