Eco-Choice Africa, a locally developed ecolabel for consumer products has become the first of its kind on the Continent to receive international recognition as an associate member of the Global Ecolabel Network, the international controlling body for ecolabelling. The Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) is a non-profit association of leading Type 1 ecolabelling organisations … [Read more...]
Activists highlight Safripol’s toxic legacy with protest action
It is high time that Safripol, one of Africa’s top plastic manufacturers, takes full responsibility for its toxic legacy of air pollution in local communities. Yesterday, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) and its supporters protested in Cape Town outside the building where KAP Industrial Holdings Limited's annual shareholder meeting is hosted. This … [Read more...]
Plastics packaging: the journey to designing for the environment
Climate change and sustainable development are two of the biggest issues facing society today and are perhaps foremost in our minds. It is increasingly important for companies to reduce the environmental impacts of products and services through their entire life cycle. Those companies failing to address environmental performance in product design and development will find it … [Read more...]
What happens to your waste after you throw it away?
Ever wonder what actually happens to your waste after you throw it in the rubbish bin? The truth is, most of the waste we throw into rubbish bins end up in one of South Africa’s strained landfill sites. A more sustainable and environmentally-friendly option would be to start recycling. Where does the process of recycling start? Recycling starts in your home when the … [Read more...]
Green throughout win Enviro Awards
Today we don our green hat to honour companies who minimise environmental impact within their supply chains and successfully comply with local and international regulations and green practices throughout their supply chain. During a gala event four such companies were awarded Enviro Awards by Logistics News at this year’s Logistics Achiever Awards. PETCO was one of the … [Read more...]
Collection and recycling centres sprout green
The plastic recycling industry is developing at a steady pace, as consumers and businesses become more aware of the need to conserve the natural resources and energy involved in the manufacture of packaging and other products. Pressure from a more conscious world has the plastic industry searching for greener solutions and one of the leaders in this initiative is a company … [Read more...]
Daily waste into daily bread
This year the common sense habit of recycling your daily waste needs to become as natural as eating your daily bread - create work, and food, for many. This is a 21st century life skill finally embedding itself into the consciousness of our society in our journey of realigning ourselves with the natural cyclical systems of nature, upon which we depend. In South Africa we … [Read more...]
Proper design for sustainable production
'Design for Recycling' workshops encouraged packaging designers to consider life solutions for their products. Guidelines were given how to make their PET packaging more recyclable and how to avoid their packaging unintentionally interfering with existing PET plastic recycling streams. PETCO, who ran these workshops in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, are focused on … [Read more...]
