In the Saldanha Bay Municipality there is a new initiative to encourage lower-income areas to participate more in recycling by feeding hungry children in return. Since 2016, the Saldanha Bay Municipality’s kerbside recycling collection service has been running well, reaching over 40% participation of households in middle and upper-income suburbs. However, in high-density, … [Read more...]
Schools club to increase recycling knowledge and awareness
It is no secret that educating children about the environment and the importance of recycling is key to ensuring that we create a generation of responsible adults. It is with this in mind that last year, PETCO began looking for a partner who would have the experience and reach to spread the message about recycling (and specifically PET recycling) in schools in South Africa. … [Read more...]
Pulling together to support firefighters in Paarl
Scores of firefighters, volunteers and Working on Fire crew were deployed to temper the fires in the Franschhoek Mountains. Friends rose to the occasion with the generous donation of bottled water, beverages and food. The fires broke out on Sunday the 27 Jan 2013 on Franschhoek’s northern mountains, burnt up the mountain valley, along the top of the northern range of the … [Read more...]
New era of eco shopping
In these times, it is important for retailing to be as sustainable as possible. In this spirit, the flagship Pick n Pay on Nicol store has introduced a new era in sustainable retailing through the integration of world class retail thinking and the very best in sustainability principles. An integrated energy-efficiency strategy has been adopted in order to balance … [Read more...]
Increased support for organic farmers
As part of their ongoing mission to support emerging farmers, Pick n Pay has made a commitment to provide dedicated organic produce shelf space in 50 of their stores. This commitment was made to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in March this year, in order to further assist in the development of the organic produce sector and emerging farmers around the … [Read more...]
Doing good is good business
This was one of the founding principles of Pick n Pay. It’s in the DNA of how the company does business. But what does that mean and how are they supporting good? “Our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility goes back to when the company celebrated its 30th anniversary,” said Bronwen Rohland Pick n Pay Marketing and Sustainability Director, “it was then that the … [Read more...]
Africa’s climate change heroes recognised
Significantly greater response to the threats of climate change resulted in the toughest year yet for judges of the Climate Change Leadership Awards, who announced the 10 category winners at a carbon neutral event in Sandton recently. This green competition and awards is the first in Africa to recognise, reward, motivate and celebrate businesses, communities, youth, schools … [Read more...]
A new commitment to sustainable seafood
In a bid to address the growing concern about the exploitation of global seafood resources, a responsible supermarket has committed to transforming its entire fresh, frozen and canned seafood operations by the end of 2015. Said Pick n Pay’s Marketing and Sustainability Director, Bronwen Rohland, “As one of the country’s largest retailers, we cannot ignore the fact that … [Read more...]
Recycling pays off for all
Recycling of plastic bottles hit an all time high in 2011 - with your contribution we can top that this year. Fiscal 2011 was a momentous year for PETCO and PET plastic recycling in two ways. Firstly because PETCO celebrated its 6th anniversary and its efforts over the year led to over 1.4 billion PET bottles being recycled across South Africa, close to 4 million bottles … [Read more...]
CCLA sponsors prolong fight against climate change
The Climate Leadership Awards (CLA), the first awards in Africa that recognise, reward, motivate and celebrate businesses, communities, youth, schools and individuals, have attracted significant sponsorships and partnerships in 2011 from some of South Africa's leading businesses, non-governmental and not-for-profit organisations. Chief among these partners are Global Carbon … [Read more...]
Doing well by doing good
“How do we do well by doing good?” This was the focus of the Green Team event at Spier of our previously local, but now national, leading waste minimisation company, WastePlan. During these events educational topics of interest are discussed and presented to anyone interested in learning more. Not many people know that the original idea for the Green Times newspaper was born … [Read more...]
Bottle to bottle a major achievement
Did you know that in our country all the used PET containers 'your clear beverage and water bottles' collected for recycling are recycled into local products? Unlike many other countries, we don't export these resources to China, but create mainly fibre and more recently new foodgrade packaging. This means that as more and more post consumer PET bottles are collected, so … [Read more...]
Plastic recycling needs municipal support
The recycling of PET (clear) beverage bottles is a success story in our country, as yearly more impressive targets are met. This was proven recently during the review of the latest statistics for 2010 at the PETCO annual general meeting. PETCO chairman Casper Durandt (pictured, right), and CEO Cheri Scholtz shared their achievements with the Green Times: 'PETCO continued … [Read more...]
