Circular Economy

Cape Town's Silo District played host to the 12th annual SAPRO Awards for the Best Recycled Plastic Products on 21 August 2026, with MAK Plastics taking the night’s top honour as South Africa’s... 

Mpumalanga-based women-led small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Samanjalo has unlocked international grants to scale its operations through support from the UK’s JET Deal Accelerator Programme.... 

For the past few years, a question has circulated through boardrooms and media: are sustainability and ESG dead? Depending on who you ask, they are being abandoned, rebranded, politicised or... 

With financial institutions increasingly becoming a key promoter of enhanced environmental performance in the mining sector, tertiary education institution University of Pretoria engineering and... 

Metal recycling company GeT Metal Group and its subsidiary GeT Alloys have successfully eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations by launching a “pioneering... 

Recent calls to ban plastic carrier bags or replace them with paper overlook an important reality: South Africa is less than five months away from a significant circular-economy milestone that will... 

Sustainability is no longer a conversation happening on the sidelines of business. Across Africa, organisations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape where climate risk, resource... 

Aluminium and steel aerosol cans are fully recyclable, provided they are handled correctly and enter an appropriate recovery stream. New research by MetPac-SA, the country's Producer Responsibility... 

A 30 mm-thick interlocking tile manufactured using recycled rubber, is designed specifically for fitness gyms and is said to provide an impact sound reduction of up to 30 decibels. The Van Dyck... 

In a strategic venture with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Nafasi Technologies has commissioned the first module of its purpose-designed waste sludge processing facility at the... 

To unlock the value embedded in electronic waste (e-waste), waste management specialist Oricol manages collection, compliance documentation and certified recovery, helping businesses meet... 

South African international sourcing, consumer products, commercial partnerships and strategic business development specialist Kwality Holdings has partnered with global post-consumer... 

With waste generation increasing and landfill space becoming increasingly limited in South Africa, alongside growing global regulatory requirements, local producers are facing mounting pressure to... 

“I hope my journey demonstrates to the next generation of female entrepreneurs that women bring unique strengths to business. In the recycling industry especially, qualities like compassion,... 

A recent industrial symbiosis workshop produced significant results, with participants identifying 351 resource streams, resulting in 532 potential industrial symbiosis opportunities to transition... 

The organisers of the Manufacturing Indaba are pleased to announce that bookings are now officially open for the 14th Manufacturing Indaba Conference and Exhibition, taking place on 13 - 14 July... 

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) should be viewed as a strategic opportunity to improve Africa's competitiveness, strengthen intra-African trade and expand access to international markets, rather... 

The packaging industry across West Africa continues to evolve, driven by expanding consumer markets, rising demand for more efficient and sustainable packaging solutions, and advances in automation... 

Industrial engineering distributor BMG, a division of JSE-listed Invicta Holdings, has achieved a Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) Net Zero Waste Level 2 certification, marking a...