After an air quality alert was issued for Gauteng, the government is trying to find out where a foul stench – reported across the province – is coming from.
The masks could become yet another major contributor to the ongoing crisis of plastic pollution in our oceans, with disposable face masks taking as long as 450 years to break down.
Various efforts are in place to collect millions of nurdles on the Cape coastline. Here’s how you can get involved:
Ecobricks have become an increasingly popular material to build with as plastic is exceptionally easy to come across.
Research shows the newly gazetted air pollution standards could cause more than 3 000 premature deaths amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are higher than at any time in human history, and nine of the warmest years have occurred since 2005.
The Ocean Cleanup device is testing new ways to collect and remove plastic from the ocean and recently revealed the results from its first voyage.
Waste Removal and Recycling (WRAPP) is sponsoring the Kiickbutt campaign in order to make people aware of cigarette butt pollution.
The Overstrand Municipality aims to minimise waste from reaching the ocean by painting ‘Don’t Litter. The Sea Starts Here’ over various drains in Gansbaai.
The polluted state of the Milnerton Lagoon has become a bone of contention between residents and the City of Cape Town.
World Fisheries Day serves as an important reminder that we need to change the way we manage global fisheries in order to maintain stocks and healthy aquatic ecosystems.
Radon is a highly radioactive substance, and it’s creeping into the homes of ordinary South Africans – here’s where you’re most likely to encounter it.
A Maties student recently designed edible straws called Eat Me Straws that do not become mushy when you put them in a wet substance.
Every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, hundreds of thousands of volunteers comb lakes, rivers, and beaches around the world for trash. Find a cleanup near you and join the movement.
While the main culprits may not surprise you, the bronze prize for pollution goes to a newcomer.
Participation in the International Coastal Clean-up Day is said to be one of the highlights of Clean-up and Recycle SA Week 2019. Find out how you can get involved over here:
An accident at a Sunfoil group factory deposited millions of litres of fatty oils mixed with caustic soda into one of KwaZulu-Natal’s major rivers this week and locals say not enough is being done.
Khulubuse Zuma and Zondwa Mandela are facing an almighty battle in court, after the presidents’ relatives were charged with water pollution.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic: Greenpeace Africa is calling on the public to help them move closer towards a safer and healthier future without micro-plastics.
The Department of Trade and Industry Deputy Minister has ushered in the R25 million Japan-South Africa collaboration pollution project.
You can take any plastic bag and make it into an essential item, like sleeping mats for the homeless.
Watch as surfer and ocean activist Frank Solomon highlight the importance of two street surfers and waste collectors in Johannesburg in a new documentary.
Takunda Chitaka looked at five beaches and found one beach had around 36 items of litter per 100 meter per day, where the other beach had 3000 items. Find out more about her research over here:
South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson recently talked about the devastating effects of plastic in the ocean, especially in SA. Here’s what she said:
World Oceans Day is a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. It is celebrated annually on 8 June.