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If you do not recycle the following items, what is your excuse? Glass One of the easiest things to recycle, and very profitable, is glass bottles and jars. Glass is divided into three types according to colour: clear, green and brown. Most recycling companies collect glass bottles, provided that they be cleaned and sorted. It’s important to remember to sort [...] Cape Town – As World Water Day approaches, the department of water affairs and host city Cape Town are determined to change perceptions about water as a scarce resource. This year the theme of Water Day on March 22 will focus on how urbanisation puts pressure on water and sanitation services. In SA, though, the problem [...] Do the words “energy efficiency” conjure up images of you and the family shivering in a dark room? They shouldn’t. South Africa’s energy supply emergency may have made us worry that we were headed for the “Dark” Ages unless we got rid of every single appliance we own, but the truth is we can make [...] Andreas Späth Reading, thinking and writing about the environment is terrifying business. Not a day goes by without another horror story – an oil spill, a disappearing species, shrinking rainforests and melting glaciers. It’s enough to make you want to throw in the towel and let someone else worry about the mess. But that’s not an [...] Did you know that there are 1.8 billion people that use the internet, yet there are still 1 billion that do not have an adequate supply of fresh water? Or that by the year 2030 we will need two earths to keep up with our natural resource consumption? The statistics are shocking. As a species, we are [...] |
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