Tag: plastic
Diarise: PIPES XIII
Emperors Palace, 6 & 7 September 2022
THE Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has released an exciting line-up of local and international speakers who will be presenting at the PIPES...
Converting plastic waste into a useful healthcare and education platform
After its initial success of reaching over 2 million users, the Community Tablet has started scaling its operations to build “Interactive Villages” around rural communities.
THE Community Tablet (www.TabletComunitario.org) is an innovative...
Fishermen unite for World Ocean Week
And head out to sea to fish for… plastic.
Over 100 fishermen headed out to sea off Cape Town recently to reel in some of the ocean’s greatest scourge – plastic. In...
SA welcomes resolution to end plastic pollution
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy has welcomed the adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution with an international legally binding instrument.
“This represents an important landmark and...
Tip a hat to Bowler
IF the disruptions caused by the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic was the only thing Ottery-based plastics packaging specialist Bowler Metcalf had to endure...
The group in its interim period to end June also...