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Bales of recovered paper. Image: Sappi

ESG & Sustainability

Celebrating Global Recycling Day - SA's wins and how we can improve

13 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa’s municipalities cannot modernise and acquire waste processing facilities to divert waste from landfill unless there is public-private sector investment

ESG & Sustainability

8 key points promoting good practices in sustainable waste management and advancing the circular economy

15 Nov 2023

How Coca-Cola is supporting the circular economy

Retail

How Coca-Cola is supporting the circular economy

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Oct 2023

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Retail

Circular economy gets Coca-Cola's backing

27 Jun 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

How will the EPR impact SA's waste pickers?

2 Jun 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

Lerato Molefi, Paula-Ann Novotny and Hassan Mahlawe 23 May 2023

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Legal

Ennerdale collapse: Who is responsible for safety on landfill sites?

13 Apr 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

Pick n Pay removes plastic barrier bags from till points

Retail

Pick n Pay removes plastic barrier bags from till points

14 Feb 2023

Plastics SA announces latest industry production, recycling stats

ESG & Sustainability

Plastics SA announces latest industry production, recycling stats

13 Dec 2022

We're going to war

ESG & Sustainability

We're going to war

Issued by KAP Limited 30 Nov 2022

How Petco's Project Up is using blockchain technology to boost SA's recycling efforts

ESG & Sustainability

How Petco's Project Up is using blockchain technology to boost SA's recycling efforts

7 Jun 2022

Primedia Outdoor supports Earth Day by investing in our planet

Marketing & Media

Primedia Outdoor supports Earth Day by investing in our planet

Issued by Primedia Outdoor 22 Apr 2022

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

ESG & Sustainability

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Joshua Amponsem 1 Apr 2022

Corona announces new plastic recycling partnership with Ramtsilo

ESG & Sustainability

Corona announces new plastic recycling partnership with Ramtsilo

18 Mar 2022

Civil society organisations, SA government welcome resolution to tackle plastic trash

ESG & Sustainability

Civil society organisations, SA government welcome resolution to tackle plastic trash

4 Mar 2022

Informal waste collection shouldn't let plastic polluters off the hook: here's why

ESG & Sustainability

Informal waste collection shouldn't let plastic polluters off the hook: here's why

Teresa Sandra Perez 4 Feb 2022

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

ESG & Sustainability

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

Kimberly Mutandiro 2 Feb 2022

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

26 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable construction is the trend to watch

Construction & Engineering

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable construction is the trend to watch

Bongani Dladla 6 Jan 2022

South Africa's recycling sector gets tech boost

ESG & Sustainability

South Africa's recycling sector gets tech boost

21 Oct 2021

4IR will drive the post-pandemic construction industry

Construction & Engineering

4IR will drive the post-pandemic construction industry

Bongani Dladla 6 Oct 2021

Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award

ESG & Sustainability

Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award

Masego Mafata 20 Sep 2021

South Africans called to play their part this National Recycling Day

Retail

South Africans called to play their part this National Recycling Day

Issued by Mpact 13 Sep 2021

2019/2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards winners announced

Construction & Engineering

2019/2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards winners announced

14 Jun 2021

Joburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved after Pikitup R50 levy withdrawn

ESG & Sustainability

Joburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved after Pikitup R50 levy withdrawn

Masego Mafata 17 May 2021

#Newsmaker: Adelaide Tshabalala, new head of digital marketing at Hill+Knowlton Strategies SA

Marketing & Media

#Newsmaker: Adelaide Tshabalala, new head of digital marketing at Hill+Knowlton Strategies SA

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2021

DBSA launches second edition of Youth Challenge

Construction & Engineering

DBSA launches second edition of Youth Challenge

5 May 2021

Johannesburg is threatening to sideline informal waste pickers. Why it's a bad idea

ESG & Sustainability

Johannesburg is threatening to sideline informal waste pickers. Why it's a bad idea

Melanie Samson 4 May 2021

The Appliance Bank joins local SRI chapter in tackling e-waste in SA

ESG & Sustainability

The Appliance Bank joins local SRI chapter in tackling e-waste in SA

22 Apr 2021

Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times

Entrepreneurship

Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times

Cecil Ramonotsi 6 Apr 2021

Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released

ESG & Sustainability

Annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey results released

19 Mar 2021

Regenize wins Invest Cape Town | Business Hub GreenPitch Challenge 2021

ESG & Sustainability

Regenize wins Invest Cape Town | Business Hub GreenPitch Challenge 2021

Issued by GreenCape 18 Feb 2021

Regional winners of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards announced

Construction & Engineering

Regional winners of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards announced

5 Feb 2021

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

ESG & Sustainability

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Chidi Nzeadibe et al. 13 Jan 2021

Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch

ESG & Sustainability

Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch

Mologadi Makwela 9 Dec 2020

Bophelo Recycling recognised for improving lives, livelihoods in Ermelo

ESG & Sustainability

Bophelo Recycling recognised for improving lives, livelihoods in Ermelo

8 Dec 2020

Green industries to aid SA's economic recovery

ESG & Sustainability

Green industries to aid SA's economic recovery

12 Nov 2020

Annual survey reveals plastics recycling figures for 2019

ESG & Sustainability

Annual survey reveals plastics recycling figures for 2019

16 Oct 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

ESG & Sustainability

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

While fighting Covid-19 we may be losing the war against plastic pollution

ESG & Sustainability

While fighting Covid-19 we may be losing the war against plastic pollution

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 29 Jul 2020

Forestry, paper sector builds back a better future for SA's youth

Agriculture

Forestry, paper sector builds back a better future for SA's youth

19 Jun 2020

UN, SA collaborate in creating Covid-19 waste awareness

ESG & Sustainability

UN, SA collaborate in creating Covid-19 waste awareness

8 Jun 2020

Covid-19: Short-term pessimism, long-term optimism

Retail

Covid-19: Short-term pessimism, long-term optimism

Rowan Leibbrandt 4 May 2020

Lockdown relief secured for waste pickers

ESG & Sustainability

Lockdown relief secured for waste pickers

14 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders

Retail

Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders

Ashraf Hendricks 26 Mar 2020

Plastic Atlas highlights scale of global plastic pollution crisis

ESG & Sustainability

Plastic Atlas highlights scale of global plastic pollution crisis

7 Nov 2019