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It’s unrealistic to expect that people can make enough money from collecting bottles to start their own business. Gulshan Khan via Getty Images Teresa Sandra Perez, Royal Holloway University of London There are an estimated 60,000 informal waste pickers, also…
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EvoBev are actively combating single use plastic with their packaged water. Have you ever Googled the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It’s jaw-dropping – the sheer tonnage of floating plastic waste accumulated on the surface of the ocean, miles and miles…
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Thundafund, is South Africa’s leading rewards-based crowdfunding platform and they are currently working with a project called Shop Zero, which is a waste free, organic grocery store opening up in Cape Town. Shop Zero will be the the place to…
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A colourful and longer-lasting, zero-waste solution for covering leftovers and dishes, wrapping sandwiches in lunchboxes or covering cheese and butter – just like cling film. Except SUPA Wraps (Single Use Plastic Alternative) are vibrantly printed fabrics infused with locally harvested…
Continue readingPlastic shopping bags…we see them in stores, we see them bunched up in our kitchens, we see them drifting aimlessly through the streets and out to sea. We have become so accustomed to using them that we do not consider…
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