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About 20% of global water waste and 10% of global carbon emissions are produced by the fashion industry, according to United Nations Environment Programme estimates
CARBON EMISSIONS

Upcycle for a greener fashion industry – but beware intellectual property infringement

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

  • Emily Gammon
  • Robyn Moriarty
  • Refilwe Riba
6 min read
What is the government doing in terms of hunger relief and food waste? The short answer is nowhere near enough. (Photo by Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ARTICLE

Twenty million South Africans face hunger every day

Yet the amount of food that goes into landfills is enough to end hunger in the country

  • Alan Browde
4 min read
The Klipspruit river polluted by sewage and mine waste in Soweto. (File photo by Delwyn Verasamy)
AGRICULTURE

Water, air and soil pollution is spawning deadly superbugs

Environmental waste, especially pharmaceuticals and toxins, needs high-level action to stop its major contribution to antimicrobial resistance

  • Inger Andersen
5 min read
Trashed: A polluted stream in Tembisa’s Kanana Extension 5. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CITY OF EKURHULENI

As waste piles up and the stench intensifies, Tembisa residents threaten protest

But the municipality has laid the blame for the filthy state of Tembisa at the feet of the community

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
Hunger in Africa persists not primarily because of a lack of science, but because the connective tissue between evidence, policy and implementation is weak.
DEFF

South Africa has surplus food, but we need to intercept it

One third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. We can reduce hunger if we collaborate

  • Andy Du Plessis
6 min read