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nicktf 16 January 2023 Featured Posts, General

‘Waste not, want not’ – or not?

Back in the days of our post-war grandmothers, clever frugality was a virtue. Wastefulness – of time, energy or goods – was a sign of poor character. My, how things have changed. We’ve normalised wastefulness. Single-use packaging fills our wheelie…

nicktf 10 January 2023 Featured Posts, General

1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle

There’s inspiring creativity & power in the recycling, upcycling and circular design worlds. Here are some of the ideas and people that get us excited. Make, transport, buy, use, discard. Buy again, use again, discard again. And again. This is…

nicktf 19 December 2022 Ocean Cluster

Plastics innovation & circularity challenge

Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced annually, half of which goes into single-use items such as shopping bags, cups and straws. More than 8 million tons of this ends up in our oceans. There are multiple domestic and…

nicktf 25 November 2021 Featured Posts, Ocean Cluster

How might we turn the tide on plastics?

Reduce, reuse, recycle – these are the three “R”s of building a better world. But the global figure for plastics recycling is 1% (16% in South Africa, on generous calculations) so the focus is firmly on the first two. Plastic…

nicktf 9 November 2021 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

In search of a food system that is just & good

In World Diabetes month we’re looking at how poverty and non-communicable diseases go together. So, just noting this here: one in eight South African adults are thought to be diabetic (here’s a clear explanation of what that means). Unless it’s…

nicktf 3 November 2021 Featured Posts, General

Waterfront recognised for doing the right thing

The V&A Waterfront’s strategy is built around shared value, and around its ecosystems. With lockdown, as we’re all too painfully aware, everything ground to a halt – there were no tourists (national or international); Capetonians hunkered down at home and…