Keeping waste out of landfill
A landfill crisis is looming in Cape Town, as it is in every urban centre. The municipality has drawn a line in the sand in a number of ways , including banning organic waste from landfill by 2027. It’s not…
What do we mean, the food system is broken?
…And is there anything you and I can do towards fixing it? Most people, when they think about food, don’t think about it as a system, points out Kurt Ackermann, CEO of the SA Urban Food and Farming Trust. Instead,…
There’s treasure in the trash
It’s going to take time before humankind course-corrects its relationship with plastic. So what can we do with our piles of plastic waste in the meantime? Here’s some inspiration on how waste can be directed towards social good, from The…
Featured Wastepreneur innovations launch Sticky
In February this year, SOLVE was thrilled to announce that against stiff competition, The Litterboom Project had won our inaugural Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge. We’ve long been fans of The Litterboom Project’s work, starting with the beguilingly simple floating…
CSI was R11bn last year. But is business staying usefully connected to social need?
The Rotary Club of South Africa recently invited V&A Waterfront’s head of social impact, Henry Mathys, to join a panel of distinguished speakers that also included Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Judge Dennis Davis. In this extract from Henry’s talk, he…
‘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…