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Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

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Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Image supplied. Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels gives 8 best practices for greener events

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The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

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Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

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Image supplied. Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels gives 8 best practices for greener events

8 best practices for greener events

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Apply for your water and sanitation bursary

4 Jul 2023

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Major brands, retailers are meeting plastic collection, recycling targets

29 Jun 2023

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Circular economy gets Coca-Cola's backing

27 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

Mpact Recycling awards 33 schools for the 2022 Ronnie Recycler schools' competition

Mpact Recycling awards 33 schools for the 2022 Ronnie Recycler schools' competition

Mpact 12 Jun 2023

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Circular economy: Sustainable solution to global plastic pollution crisis

Marietjie Brown 9 Jun 2023

Journey’s End x Interpunkt Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz in sustainable paperboard bottles

Carboardeaux move over, meet Journey's End x Interpunkt's new wine range in paperboard bottles

8 Jun 2023

Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions

Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions

6 Jun 2023

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How will the EPR impact SA's waste pickers?

2 Jun 2023

Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day

Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day

Mpact 1 Jun 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages SA rolls out returnable PET bottles in KZN

Coca-Cola Beverages SA rolls out returnable PET bottles in KZN

29 May 2023

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

Enamen 26 May 2023

Make a move to save the planet with Adidas's new sustainability campaign

Make a move to save the planet with Adidas's new sustainability campaign

24 May 2023

Freedom of Movement partners with Sneaker Shack for shoe donation initiative

Freedom of Movement partners with Sneaker Shack for shoe donation initiative

24 May 2023

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Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

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

Winning NPOs of the inaugural Nedbank Green Economy Competition

Winning NPOs: Nedbank Green Economy Competition 2023

23 May 2023

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How focus on ESG is helping emerging market companies grow

17 May 2023

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Have your say on scrap metal export proposal

16 May 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

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Are you disposing of your vape and cartridges correctly?

15 May 2023

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Call to comment on proposed amendment of regulations for waste sector

9 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

5 May 2023

Call for tailing dams with a safety risk to register

3 May 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

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New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

17 Apr 2023

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

13 Apr 2023

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Apr 2023

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Major brands, retailers are meeting plastic collection, recycling targets

29 Jun 2023

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Circular economy gets Coca-Cola's backing

27 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

Mpact Recycling awards 33 schools for the 2022 Ronnie Recycler schools' competition

Mpact Recycling awards 33 schools for the 2022 Ronnie Recycler schools' competition

Mpact 12 Jun 2023

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Circular economy: Sustainable solution to global plastic pollution crisis

Marietjie Brown 9 Jun 2023

Journey’s End x Interpunkt Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz in sustainable paperboard bottles

Carboardeaux move over, meet Journey's End x Interpunkt's new wine range in paperboard bottles

8 Jun 2023

Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions

Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions

6 Jun 2023

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How will the EPR impact SA's waste pickers?

2 Jun 2023

Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day

Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day

Mpact 1 Jun 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages SA rolls out returnable PET bottles in KZN

Coca-Cola Beverages SA rolls out returnable PET bottles in KZN

29 May 2023

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

Enamen 26 May 2023

Make a move to save the planet with Adidas's new sustainability campaign

Make a move to save the planet with Adidas's new sustainability campaign

24 May 2023

Freedom of Movement partners with Sneaker Shack for shoe donation initiative

Freedom of Movement partners with Sneaker Shack for shoe donation initiative

24 May 2023

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Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

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

Winning NPOs of the inaugural Nedbank Green Economy Competition

Winning NPOs: Nedbank Green Economy Competition 2023

23 May 2023

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How focus on ESG is helping emerging market companies grow

17 May 2023

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Have your say on scrap metal export proposal

16 May 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

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Are you disposing of your vape and cartridges correctly?

15 May 2023

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Call to comment on proposed amendment of regulations for waste sector

9 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

My Walk initiative turns recycled medical waste into school shoes

5 May 2023

Call for tailing dams with a safety risk to register

3 May 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

Join Starbucks and Daily Peach for Earth Day 2023 beach clean-up

17 Apr 2023

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

Mathe Group and Van Dyck pump millions into KZN operations

13 Apr 2023

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Get to know the minds behind luxury fashion rental boutique Closet Runway

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Apr 2023

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

12 Apr 2023

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Hi-Tec One highlights outdoor brand's sustainability drive

6 Apr 2023

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

4 Apr 2023

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African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

New Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance CEO Dorah Modise. Source: Supplied

Dorah Modise takes the helm at Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance

31 Mar 2023

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

31 Mar 2023

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3 steps to meeting your waste management targets

28 Mar 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.

Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

SA retailers and brands making headway in cutting plastic waste

23 Mar 2023

Kenya’s Chemolex, creators of Biopactic, a biodegradable alternative to plastic made from invasive water hyacinths that grow aggressively in Lake Victoria. Image source: .

Winners of the Afri-Plastics Challenge 2023

20 Mar 2023

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

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

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