JSE-listed consumer goods and food company Tiger Brands has reported that three of its manufacturing facilities – the beverages plant and the home and personal care (HPC) plant, in Gauteng, and the... 

University of Johannesburg (UJ) estimates that 44% of South Africa's fruit and vegetables are lost or wasted despite food insecurity affecting millions of households. Having researched how food... 

South Africa's first harbour-based fishing net recycling project recycled nearly 25 t of end-of-life fishing net collected from local fishing companies in the first year of the pilot project. The... 

South Africa has signed a $1-billion loan agreement with development finance institution the New Development Bank to upgrade metropolitan municipal services infrastructure as part of the Metro... 

Eighteen clean innovation startups from across Africa gathered in Cape Town earlier this month for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) Afri GreenPitch Challenge 2026, hosted and administered by... 

The City of Johannesburg has officially broken ground on a biodigester pilot plant at the Robinson Deep landfill site, launching a municipal-scale project designed to convert organic waste into... 

Producer responsibility organisation Polyco has launched a mobile recycling unit in KwaMashu that will be operated by community-based enterprise Itheku Recycling Group. This expands the Packa-Ching... 

The Dolphin Coast Landfill Management (DCLM) 648 kWp solar plant, operated by utility and environmental services provider Veolia, in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, constructed by South African solar... 

Industry organisation the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has called for the suspension of the Price Preference System (PPS), under which South Africa recyclers must first offer scrap... 

Food waste is creating opportunities for businesses to recover value from materials that would be sent to landfill, with environmental services company EnviroServ helping to turn waste dough into... 

The City of Johannesburg says it has completed a project to clean up its act, which included restoring the Jukskei river catchment, urban cleanup, planting trees and installing a continuous... 

Strengthening South-South cooperation and building capacity, technology cooperation and enhanced financial support is important for adaptation and resilience-building in developing countries,... 

To unlock the value embedded in electronic waste (e-waste), waste management specialist Oricol manages collection, compliance documentation and certified recovery, helping businesses meet... 

Multilateral development bank the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and South Africa have signed a $500-million sovereign-backed loan to support the South Africa Metro Trading Services... 

Plastic packaging recycling and producer responsibility organisation Polyco has launched a new mobile Packa-Ching recycling unit, which will be used by recycling company Trash2Treasure Recycling... 

With growing waste generation and limited landfill space in South Africa, sustainable resource management, extended producer responsibility (EPR), resource recovery and waste innovation play an... 

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) should be viewed as a strategic opportunity to improve Africa's competitiveness, strengthen intra-African trade and expand access to international markets, rather... 

Member organisation the PRO Alliance, mass-based democratic organisation the African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) and registered waste pickers organisation the South African Waste Pickers... 

Since its launch in March last year, the Refreshi app has seen South Africans rescue 200 000 meals from local landfills. In doing so, consumers have also saved R12.5-million on their grocery bills.... 

Industry organisation the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission about the alleged extended blocking of export permit applications in... 

The draft National Circular Economy Action Plan (NCEAP) is still under development and has not been published or released for public comment, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the... 

The compounding pressures of accelerating urbanisation, decaying legacy systems, climate change and chronic underinvestment in public infrastructure over decades mean that both the public and... 

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has launched the 'E‑Waste Collection and Recycling Pilot Project' in Cape Town, which marks the eleventh e-waste drop-off and... 

In the ten months between July last year and April this year, the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Metal Theft Unit made 88 arrests and recovered more than a kilometre of stolen cable and more than 800... 

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) – a product of recycled old asphalt roads – is moving from a supplementary option to a core component of modern road construction, as sustainability,... 

GeT Metal Group and its subsidiary GeT Alloys have announced that they have eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations, with a new waste-to-energy initiative... 

Converting hazardous waste and high-calorific materials into alternative fuels has enabled cement manufacturing facilities to partially or fully replace the coal used to fire cement kilns.... 

The City of Johannesburg says it is advancing the procurement of its Alternative Waste Treatment Technology (AWTT) project. The project is a waste-to-energy initiative aimed at diverting about 500... 

To advance its locally developed carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology, South African company EPCM Global Engineering is progressing to the next stage of development through a... 

Thirty-year old Western Cape recycling and waste management company CL Trading is set to double the amount of recyclables that it can process, with the installation of a new, imported, R3-million... 

South Africa’s heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration sector is undergoing a significant transition as the phase-out of ozone depletion substances and phase-down of high global... 

The Shoprite group’s Centurion distribution centre (DC) has achieved a Level 2 Zero Waste to Landfill certification from the Green Building Council of South Africa. The Centurion centre is the... 

While South Africa’s scrap metal recycling sector continues to play a vital part in the circular economy, the sector is being held back by the Price Preference System (PPS) policy for scrap metals... 

The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Water and Sanitation Directorate has, to date, installed more than 500 lockable manhole covers across sewer and reticulation infrastructure in the metro. The... 

Producer responsibility organisation Petco says two grassroots buyback centres have realised a 20% to 30% increase in productivity owing to critical infrastructure investments made to boost their... 

The development of the Kadant Autolab pilot plant is one of many paper and board recycling programmes and initiatives being introduced by paper and paper packaging sector responsibility... 

As South Africa’s water sector continues to deteriorate, strengthening asset management, infrastructure maintenance and institutional reform will be critical, while tackling high levels of... 

Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has partnered with paper and plastics packaging manufacturing and recycling company Mpact Group subsidiary Mpact Waste Management across Unilever’s...