Tag: Circular Economy
CSIR and partners launch cost-saving housing block using construction waste
WASTE material from the construction sector can now be used in an innovative green building block used to build low-cost RDP houses through a...
Circular economy in South Africa: Driving business innovation with GreenCape
By Hugh Tyrrell - the director of GreenEdge, a communication and marketing consultancy specialising in the circular economy
GREENCAPE’s circular economy team helps businesses in...
Can circular thinking go beyond economics to help solve public health issues?
Hugh Tyrrell is director of GreenEdge, a marketing communications and behaviour change consultancy specialising in the circular economy.
RECENT reports of childrens’ deaths in townships...
Making hay out of the forthcoming food waste ban
Hugh Tyrrell is the director of GreenEdge, a marketing communications and business development consultancy specialising in the circular economy.
GOVERNMENT policy changes can often open...
Polyco and Western Cape Government partner to support waste reclaimers
Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), Polyco and the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) are proud to announce a partnership aimed...
Cape Town’s commitment to recycling: how plastic waste comes full circle
By Hugh Tyrrell
THE City of Cape Town is taking significant strides in plastics recycling through the establishment of its materials recovery facilities (MRFs), and...
How a lone yachtswoman helped transform waste management
By Hugh Tyrrell
WHICH country has the most shopping malls in the southern hemisphere? Dear old RSA. Yes, we are compliant, well-schooled consumers, trundling our...
International minds tackle future of waste
On Monday 16 September, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management Alderman Grant Twigg welcomed guests from across the...
Tru-Cape is striving to make sustainability strides
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is making significant progress towards its ambitious goal of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and reaching net zero by...
New data shows how Petco drove the collection and recycling of post-consumer packaging last...
Newly released audited data reveals how South Africa’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisation (PRO), Petco, drove the collection and recycling of post-consumer packaging last year.
Since...
MUST READ
Why AI is both a risk and a priority defence tool
Cyber security in the age of AI is a key topic for the forthcoming ITWeb Security Summit, to be held in Cape Town and...