The South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO) is the national association of plastic recycling companies with a mandate to grow the recycling rate for waste plastics. The core of SAPRO's efforts is to 1) improve the quality of materials entering the...
MyPlas is a Cape Town-based plastic recycling company that works across the value chain to recover, process and reintroduce plastic waste into the economy. The company partners with schools, community organisations and industry bodies to strengthen local recycling...
The campaign aims to clean townships, rural areas, and informal settlements of illegal dumping sites and litter and improve general hygiene. It was launched in Sebokeng led by the EFF leader Julius Malema together with EFF Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial...
USE-IT is a Non-Profit Organisation that aims to divert waste and create jobs by creating opportunities for waste beneficiation. It partners with businesses to help them better understand their waste production, from raw material inputs, to what eventually ends up in...
The Community Cooker project in Kibera converts rubbish into energy using a high-temperature industrial cooker. Workers sort waste, separating out recyclable materials, and incinerating the rest. The cooker is housed in a communal publicly accessible facility. It uses...
A woman-led social impact venture is helping Nairobi divert waste from landfill through the manufacture of plastic-based building materials. Gjenge Makers Ltd. is a social enterprise that uses plastics to develop alternative and more affordable building materials....
The Earthly Touch Foundation is creating social and economic value out of plastic waste, while at the same time taking single-use plastic and other waste off the streets and away from landfill by turning them into eco-bricks. These eco-bricks are used to build...
Packa-Ching collects and pays for used recyclable packaging material from residents living in informal settlements and other areas with limited recycling infrastructure or services. Each kilogram of recyclable material submitted to Packa-Ching is weighed and paid for...
Diepsloot is not only illustrative of the main systemic causes of littering and dumping (e.g. limited waste removal in informal areas, inadequate waste removal in formal areas, unreliable and distant municipal services, limited bins in public areas) but also...