A Mountain Gorilla is not what you would traditionally associate with Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) but when the Rwanda Development Board selected VWSA as a name giver for one of their newborn gorillas, VWSA gladly accepted. (more…)
Wasting no time in the race to clean up South Africa
As the world’s waste generation surges and landfill availability gets increasingly stretched, a number of South African companies are taking waste reduction to heart. (more…)
Step up and clean up!
Tapping into the inherent potential of people to be agents of change, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Herman Mashaba, is facilitating the launch of a monthly volunteer campaign, largely focused on cleaning the city, but also going beyond this. (more…)
Aqua Services & Engineering installs two largest trickling filter sewage treatment plants in Namibia
Helao Nafidi, a municipality comprising of five urban towns within a radius of ca 15 km and with a total population of approximately 45,000, required two sewage treatment plants to upgrade and replace their existing oxidation ponds, which have become too small to handle the increased load required to service the majority of their erven […]
Belvedere Vodka wins at International CSR Excellence Awards
Belvedere Vodka, the world’s original luxury vodka, was presented with a gold medal in sustainability at the International Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Excellence awards and awarded ‘Vodka Producer of the Year’ for the third consecutive year at the International Spirits Challenge. (more…)
African Marine Waste Conference highlights need for more collaboration, communication and a clear game plan for the plastics industry
The 2017 African Marine Waste Conference took place from the 9th to the 13th of July in Port Elizabeth, and was attended by approximately 200 delegates from 9 African states and a further 10 countries from other continents. (more…)
Pupils stand a chance to win big in annual clean-up and recycle schools competition
Schools around the country stand a chance to once again win big prizes in Plastics|SA’s annual school competition, entitled “Let’s do it… Let’s Clean-Up South Africa!” (more…)
Pam Golding Properties – helping to increase the resource efficiency and biodiversity value of homes
The rolling power outages experienced in recent years coupled with the crippling drought – the effects of which are still evident in the critical water shortage in the Western Cape – have seen a growing number of consumers look to install and adopt a wide variety of energy and water saving devices. (more…)
Lucky the Cheetah, still as determined as ever
From being a TV star to surrogate mom to many orphaned cheetah cubs that come to N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia, Lucky has lived quite the life. (more…)
Used juice and milk cartons now recyclable in South Africa
Juice and milk cartons have long been one of the contributors to waste in South Africa’s landfill sites. In what is a major development for the South African paper and packaging recycling market, Mpact Recycling is pleased to announce that liquid cartons are now recyclable. (more…)
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