Woolworths has announced that 25 stores including some of its largest full line stores and 3 food markets are now single-use plastic shopping bag free.

Johnnie Walker is introducing a 100% plastic-free bottle made of paper starting next year.

As part of its ZERO packaging waste to landfill commitment, Woolworths set ambitious targets of phasing out single-use plastic bags by the end of 2020 as well as for all its packaging to be reusable or recyclable by 2022.

FreshStop at Caltex opened its 325th store at 68 Alumina Allee Street in the industrial area of Alton in Richards Bay last week. The Moodley family’s latest venture took flight with the opening of FreshStop Alton, which has rejuvenated the Caltex fuel forecourt that the family has been running there since August last year.

Unilever NV is releasing a new set of climate goals that make it the most ambitious of any consumer goods company tackling carbon emissions.

South Africa’s love-hate relationship with single-use plastic has come under the spotlight in a new study highlighting the environmental, social and economic impacts of carrier bags.

Stores selling hardware can reopen to everyone under Level 4 of the national lockdown.

Small businesses have welcomed plans by the government to clamp down on spaza shops that are trading outside the confines of the law.

CEO says long-term strategy will be maintained despite short-term crisis

Residents in northern Limpopo are becoming eco-warriors thanks to a new campaign which aims to see environmental waste reduced and much-needed jobs created at the same time.

Research shows that eight million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean every year and with a business as usual scenario, according to research done by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, by 2050 there could be more plastics than fish in the ocean by weight.

Pick n Pay will significantly reduce the impact of single-use plastic and packaging by 2025. Since 2018, the retailer has successfully implemented a number of initiatives to reduce packaging and single-use plastic at its stores and throughout its supply chain.