Woolworths is using more than 1 million plastic bottles to make its puffer jackets

The bottles have been converted into a recycled polyester which is being used mainly for...

Spar has a new way of packaging its chicken – it stays fresh for longer and uses less plastic

Using the packaging adds three days to the product’s shelf life as well as uses 25% less...

You’ll soon pay 13c more for every plastic bag – with proposals to tax all single-use plastic and straws

National Treasury is considering a tax on all single-use plastics, including straws.

Durban just picked up an award as the Greenest City in the world - but when it rains the beaches look like plastic waste dumps

The city says it has employed additional staff to assist in central clean-ups to mop up...

Shocking footage caught tons of plastic crashing in the waves off Durban following heavy rains

After heavy rain tons of plastic was sent downstream to crash in the waves off the Umgeni...

Uber Eats SA now won’t include plastic utensils unless you ask for them

Pick n Pay, Woolworths, and KFC have also recently started to ditch plastic.

Clicks, Food Lovers Market, Pick n Pay, Spar, Shoprite, and Woolworths are all dropping the confusing recycling info on their packaging – here’s how their new unified approach will look

New labels will read simply ‘Recycled’ or ‘Not Recycled’, dropping a complicated system...

Watch: Foreign trash 'like treasure' in Indonesia's plastics village

For the people of Bangun trash equals cash.