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The Philippines came into the spotlight for the scale of its pollution problem.
South African athlete Sarah Ferguson completed the challenge as part of the Swim Against Plastic campaign.
Well, we’ve seen better service delivery, put it that way. These two Pietermaritzburg street cleaners have gone viral for the bizarre cleaning methods.
Plastic pollution has a dire impact on all living organisms which rely on water systems to survive; all life on earth.
By now, most of us have heard that plastic pollution is a big issue for the environment.
The spotlight was turned to wet wipes and similar items when a 64m-long ‘fatberg’ blocked a sewer in Devon.
Willem Snyman has walked the length of the abused and poisoned Hennops River in Gauteng to find the sources of the contamination and to figure out how to tackle it.
Mboweni spoke it into existence.
The whale had ingested approximately 115 drinking cups and 25 plastic bags, a necropsy revealed.
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A pilot study conducted among eight participants from across Europe found that people digest up to nine different types of plastic.
The proposed ban extends to plastic cotton buds and drinks stirrers.
The plastic bag levy has raised something close to R2-billion, yet somehow, South Africa still faces a plastic pollution crisis.
Save the Vaal Environment (Save) is calling for the government to be held responsible.
Microplastics are generally understood to be pieces, particles, or fibres less than 5 mm long and they have three major sources.
South Africa and 150 other countries are gearing up towards World Cleanup Day that’ll take place on 15 September 2018.
Sarah Ferguson is an ambassador for SPAR Eastern Cape’s Stop Plastic campaign and recently swam 100km over a six-day period.
Plastic pollution is finding its way into the drinking water of Gauteng -The Department of Environmental Affairs considers waging war on microbeads.
Ready or not, Jozi is going completely green in the next few weeks.
The move comes in a effort to clear the air pollution in major cities
Cape Town looks as if its just the first of many big cities to experience a water crisis
Our seas are suffering: Saturday 16th September is the day where South Africans can make a difference…
A group of scientists from Port Elizabeth recently developed a ground-breaking product that could eradicate the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags.
An 80-year-old man started the clean up, and then over 500 citizens joined him, along with swimmer, Lewis Pugh.