Being an online publication, we’d highly recommend the shift to digital if you run a business. Besides being used as a communication medium, paper plays a vital role in our lives, from protecting food to displaying key information on products. When it comes torecycling paper, it’s importan...
The age of recyclingExamines the growing industry of recycling in South Africa. Business and environmental reasons behind the establishment of the industry; Challenges faced by recyclers; Materials commonly recycled in the country. INSET: Myths and facts about ga...
Due to to South Africa’s southern position and trade to other regions has not been as attractive, unlike Egypt and Morocco, the focus has been on the domestic recycling market . South Africa has tended to lead the region in working towards a circular economy. PET Recycling Company (Petco)...
Their company, called Green Glass, won a Business of the Year award in 1994. It was voted among the best new businesses in South Africa. The inventors received worldwide patent rights to own the process they developed. More recently, the Green Glass idea has expanded into markets in Europe ...
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” In South Africa, municipal departments in charge of solid waste management are required to develop Integrated Waste Management Plans as stipulated in the National Environment Management: Waste Act (59 of 2008). The IWMPs include practical aspects of managing waste in municipalities. It is one ...
It wasn't until the first National Waste Management Summit, and the publication of the Polokwane Declaration in 2001 (aimed at mapping South Africa's transition towards zero waste), that targets for recycling were set and ratified by government (noting not all national departments), business and...
This paper reports on an application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand the relationships between the determinants (latent variables) comprising the Theory of Planned Behavior and, based on these findings, to guide decision-making related to household recycling in South Africa. Data from...
Local recycling partners and e-waste collection centers in your area can help ensure your old products are recycled. Here’s how you can help: SEPARATE TECHNOLOGY FROM TRASH Make sure your old devices stay out of the trash. Separate batteries and packaging from the device itself. Put all recy...
Many children and young are going into waste business of picking paper, plastics, metal scrap and rags. This welcomed changes in attitude, though not too safe from public health point of view, has an impact on the waste composition as some of the recyclables are fast disappearing from the ...