A switch to aluminium cans is set to revolutionise the informal scrap and recycling industries in SA.
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/ 25 February 2008
South African consumers who want to help prevent the next round of load-shedding by buying an energy-efficient TV will find themselves in the dark.
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/ 11 February 2008
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
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.