Despite concerns about SA’s future water supply, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa insists everyone will have enough.
Winning programme proves 10 years on that going green is also about human development.
An urgent court application to stop the country’s tyre recycling initiative has been dismissed, paving the way for operations to start.
Her name is Marilyn and she’s an object — not necessarily a sex object because, well, she doesn’t have the parts.
Court puts a spoke in producers’ wheel by agreeing that they are responsible for their products’ waste.
Seventy percent of profits from the Noah Soap programme goes directly to the creators; the rest is used for operational costs such as glycerine.
The convenience of using plastic leaves our world smothered in rubbish.
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/ 14 November 2011
There is no legislation in place to make recycling a legal requirement and it is entirely voluntary with no incentives or rewards from government.
Cost is a big wake-up call, which is why the green revolution is starting to make financial sense.
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/ 16 October 2010
So you want to do your bit to save the planet? Here are cost-free ways to start making a difference.
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/ 17 September 2009
The Delta Environmental Centre is empowering children to become more green.
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/ 15 September 2009
When the Birches Pre-Primary School garden and environmental project started in 1993, few learners showed interest.
Resolution Recycling, the once-celebrated Johannesburg-based waste recycling company, this week announced that it had filed for liquidation.
Getting a shiny new computer often means figuring out what to do with the old one. And dispensing of an old or unneeded computer is no trivial task.
In Kamikatsu, Japan, waste must be separated into no fewer than 34 categories before being taken to a recycling centre.
But not everyone is impressed with this eco-friendly gesture, writes Surika van Schalkwyk.
Mix scientific medicine with herbs and a dash of ecological savvy, say Susan Newham and Elsibe Loubser McGuffog.
Even as a seasoned "greenie" with an eye on recycling initiatives, I didn’t realise you could recycle Tetra Pak cartons.