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$Andre Le Roux, head of strategy: TBWA\Coastal, talks about trends that drive culture to understand SA shopper (Image supplied)$

#BizTrends2025: TBWA\Coastal's Andre Le Roux - Understanding the SA shopper

Andre Le Roux

2025 Shoprite bursary programme open for applications

Pick n Pay closes more stores across SA

Marketing Achievement Awards unveils 2025 qualifiers

Paycorp announces acquisition of Pilot Software

Design Week South Africa 2025 calls for applications

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Margolite Williams from SA Harvest with fashion students demonstrating their creative use of Blue Ribbons bags.

How the power of collaboration can turn food waste to wonderOzzy Nel

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New pollution law to increase protection of oceans

28 Jan 2025

Ashley du Plooy, Chief Executive Officer at ERA

#BizTrends2025: Why 2025 looks green for SA

By Ashley du Plooy 20 Jan 2025

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Forum to address Vaal River pollution

2 Oct 2024

Johannes Magaela, Phillip Masitenyane and Minah Funani sort plastic items inside Funani’s yard in Tembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Visually impaired recyclers help the planet

Ihsaan Haffejee 26 Sep 2024

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

25 Sep 2024

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

17 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf A new R300-million processing facility - a first-of-its-kind technology for Africa - will add an extra 15,000 tonnes per annum of food-grade recycled PET output capacity (Pictured: plastic bottles ready for recycling)

First for Africa R300m PET recycling plant to add 15,000 tons capacity annually; critical for export-oriented industries

17 Sep 2024

Brown Skuas breeding on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, mainly feed on seabirds that breed on the island. Photo: Peter Ryan

Surprising study: Amount of plastic ingested by seabirds remains unchanged since the 80s

16 Sep 2024

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Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Plastic and garbage on South Beach, Durban, in February 2023. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?

Aisling de Lange 9 Sep 2024

Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

JNPR 5 Sep 2024

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 4 Sep 2024

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 3 Sep 2024

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Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Supplied image: The pilot project with NEED, ERA’s Enterprise Development Programme, is based at the Cape Town

Pick n Pay e-waste initiative unlocks job creation for people with disabilities

23 Aug 2024

Pictured: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages. Image supplied.

#BehindtheSelfie: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages

Aa-isha Hassiem 21 Aug 2024

Hloolo platform bridges funding gap for green SMEs

16 Aug 2024

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Matrics called to apply for Water and Sanitation bursaries

12 Aug 2024

Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

Kimberly Mutandiro 7 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

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Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Fibre Circle 30 Jul 2024

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South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Wendell Roelf 30 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

Ashley du Plooy, CEO at E-Waste Recycling Authority (ERA).

EXCLUSIVE: Making real change to the e-waste challenge

Ashley du Plooy 10 Jul 2024

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Propelair SA 10 Jul 2024

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

Mamela Media 9 Jul 2024

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Why IT asset disposition should be part of your ESG strategy

Wale Arewa 8 Jul 2024

Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

8 Jul 2024

From left: Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens Digital Industries, Mariana Vaz Sigoli, Siemens Hydrogen Center of Competence, Jan Grimbrandt, CEO of Boson Energy and Liran Dor, CTO of Boson Energy

Siemens and Boson Energy partner on waste-to-hydrogen tech

4 Jul 2024

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

3 Jul 2024

More news

, , via Wikimedia Commons

Forum to address Vaal River pollution

2 Oct 2024

Johannes Magaela, Phillip Masitenyane and Minah Funani sort plastic items inside Funani’s yard in Tembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Visually impaired recyclers help the planet

Ihsaan Haffejee 26 Sep 2024

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

Insect farming in Africa: A unique opportunity for a sustainable future

25 Sep 2024

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

Twyg calls for Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 nominees

17 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf A new R300-million processing facility - a first-of-its-kind technology for Africa - will add an extra 15,000 tonnes per annum of food-grade recycled PET output capacity (Pictured: plastic bottles ready for recycling)

First for Africa R300m PET recycling plant to add 15,000 tons capacity annually; critical for export-oriented industries

17 Sep 2024

Brown Skuas breeding on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, mainly feed on seabirds that breed on the island. Photo: Peter Ryan

Surprising study: Amount of plastic ingested by seabirds remains unchanged since the 80s

16 Sep 2024

Image source: Engin Akyurt from

Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Plastic and garbage on South Beach, Durban, in February 2023. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?

Aisling de Lange 9 Sep 2024

Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

Let’s smash the #GlassRecyclingChallenge this September!

JNPR 5 Sep 2024

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 4 Sep 2024

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Fibre Circle pioneers development of a localised recyclability standard for South African paper products

Dumisani Khumalo, Fibre Circle 3 Sep 2024

Image: Supplied

Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Supplied image: The pilot project with NEED, ERA’s Enterprise Development Programme, is based at the Cape Town

Pick n Pay e-waste initiative unlocks job creation for people with disabilities

23 Aug 2024

Pictured: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages. Image supplied.

#BehindtheSelfie: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages

Aa-isha Hassiem 21 Aug 2024

Hloolo platform bridges funding gap for green SMEs

16 Aug 2024

Image source: Pixabay from

Matrics called to apply for Water and Sanitation bursaries

12 Aug 2024

Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

Kimberly Mutandiro 7 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

Image source: Sasin Paraksa –

Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Creative sustainability shines at 'Turning Waste into Art' event in Mpumalanga

Fibre Circle 30 Jul 2024

Image source: freepik from

South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Wendell Roelf 30 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

Ashley du Plooy, CEO at E-Waste Recycling Authority (ERA).

EXCLUSIVE: Making real change to the e-waste challenge

Ashley du Plooy 10 Jul 2024

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Transforming facility management with Propelair’s innovative asset tracking system

Propelair SA 10 Jul 2024

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure

Mamela Media 9 Jul 2024

Image source: RF._.studio from

Why IT asset disposition should be part of your ESG strategy

Wale Arewa 8 Jul 2024

Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

8 Jul 2024

From left: Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens Digital Industries, Mariana Vaz Sigoli, Siemens Hydrogen Center of Competence, Jan Grimbrandt, CEO of Boson Energy and Liran Dor, CTO of Boson Energy

Siemens and Boson Energy partner on waste-to-hydrogen tech

4 Jul 2024

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

3 Jul 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

Internal view of equipment
Source: Canon Central and North Africa

Canon joins war on plastic waste with new sorting machine to enhance recycling

26 Jun 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The Future Supplier Initiative offers a collective financing model to support decarbonisation in the apparel sector

Innovative collective financing model to decarbonise the fashion sector

14 Jun 2024

Pick n Pay reintroduces e-waste recycling bins at stores

Pick n Pay reintroduces e-waste recycling bins at stores

13 Jun 2024

The importance of trials (reason process and time frames)

The importance of trials (reason process and time frames)

Mpact 11 Jun 2024

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

10 Jun 2024

KZN learners to represent SA at Stockholm Junior Water Prize

KZN learners to represent SA at Stockholm Junior Water Prize

10 Jun 2024

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

7 Jun 2024

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

6 Jun 2024