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Landfills

SA needs to put our waste in the 'proper' place, reduce the production and extend its value

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet, Op-eds

SA needs to put our waste in the 'proper' place, reduce the production and extend its value

by: Rahima Essop

Trash to treasure: Mission to help women and turn non-recyclable waste into bags

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet, People of the Year

Trash to treasure: Mission to help women and turn non-recyclable waste into bags

by: Onke Ngcuka

Every night in SA, 20 million go hungry – Ali Conn and SA Harvest are working on a solution

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Every night in SA, 20 million go hungry – Ali Conn and SA Harvest are working on a solution

by: Takudzwa Pongweni

Extending recycling responsibility to producers can reduce the used-clothing waste stream

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Extending recycling responsibility to producers can reduce the used-clothing waste stream

by: Carlyn Frittelli Davies and Njabulo Mchunu

Roll-out of reverse vending machines provides potentially lucrative approach to waste management

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Roll-out of reverse vending machines provides potentially lucrative approach to waste management

by: Derek Alberts

A linchpin of SA’s recycling economy, informal waste pickers should be integrated into the mainstream economy

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

A linchpin of SA’s recycling economy, informal waste pickers should be integrated into the mainstream economy

by: Michelle Banda

Local is lekker when it comes to reusable pads and nappies (Part Two)

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Local is lekker when it comes to reusable pads and nappies (Part Two)

by: Jennifer Smout

Waste not, want not: Western Cape to ban organic waste from landfills, starting with 50% reduction in 2022

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Waste not, want not: Western Cape to ban organic waste from landfills, starting with 50% reduction in 2022

by: Ethan van Diemen

Waste management: A very public private affair

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, DM168

Waste management: A very public private affair

by: Marcela Guerrero Casas

From plastic bottle to … plastic bottle: how Cape Town recycles

South Africa

From plastic bottle to … plastic bottle: how Cape Town recycles

by: Drew Wayland for GroundUp

Photo Essay: Sixteen people smothered to death by a mountain of waste in Maputo – the aftermath

Africa

Photo Essay: Sixteen people smothered to death by a mountain of waste in Maputo – the aftermath

by: Shaun Swingler

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